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- If for no other reason that’s why we need to invest in science: in NASA, in NSF, in NOAA, and all the other agencies that explore the world around us. It’s for our own good. And it always pays off.
Innovation is not for everybody's own good. Things go obsolete due to innovation. For some companies, keeping things exactly as they are is critical to their succes.
- For some companies, keeping things exactly as they are is critical to their succes.
To be fair, I think when he said "for our own good" he was referring to the citizens our our country collectively, not specific corporations here and there. I think it is folly to hold back progress for our citizens so that legacy corporations can continue to make money, but I realize that those legacy corporation owners probably think differently.