[ExI] Leveraging temporary income

[David Lubkin]

Stefano wrote:

>Hey, is this question really asked on a transhumanist ml? :-)
>
>R&D.
>
>Sure, it remains to be seen which R&D programmes should prioritised.

See my previous email:

>For example, building a modern, sensible transportation
>network. Broadband to every home. Subsidizing their citizens'
>acquiring skills in science, engineering, and medicine.
>Creating a world-class tech university and spinning off a
>local Silicon [   ].

Imagine it's Madagascar or Kyrgystan. Saying "R&D" is
meaningless. Forget about *what* they should be researching.
There are no world-class universities or research facilities.
Negligible communication or transportation infrastructure.
They don't have the scientists and engineers to perform the
R&D or the manufacturing prowess (in plant and personnel)
to build whatever the R&D works out.

Kyrgystan is currently the second poorest country in Central Asia.
90% of Madagascar lives on under $2 a day, 70% under a dollar
a day. The only way they can plow sudden wealth into R&D is
importing a cohort of foreigners, which introduces its own
problems and doesn't set them up for later success.


-- David.