[apu]

I think it's the worst indictment of our entire industry that Victor doesn't have oodles of funding for life.

[picometer]

The optimist in me hopes that a UBI-like system would enable more people to tackle research, nonprofits, and other long term “social good” type projects.

[Towaway69]

Perhaps he doesn't want the stress from investors who only care about their ROI?

[SamBam]

Grant funding, I would have thought GP meant.

[coke12]

I think he does? Has he indicated he doesn't have enough funding?

[ripley12]

He has publicly lamented the lack of funding for long-term research many times, yes.