Research and development: a series By mânzu on August 2, 2021 at 20:16 — 1 min read To me, it’s entirely plausible that Facebook and Tencent might be net-negative for technological developments.The apps they develop offer fun, productivity-dragging distractions; andthe companies pull smart kids from R&D-intensive fields like materials scienceor semiconductor manufacturing, into ad optimization and game development. … These are fine companies, but in my view, the milestones of our technological... More