Yet instead of doing what would be fun, and thereby maybe solving stuff, people do what they're told they 'must', or what they think they 'should'.https://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1222631434235473920 …
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Typical example: it's relatively easy to get well paid to do unimportant work in fashionable areas, but hard to get paid at all to do what will ultimately be seen as important work in (currently) unfashionable areas.
What important work is it hard to get paid to do? (I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm just interested in fixing this.)
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Every work related to solving, in a globally optimal way, real issues in domains like environment, medicine, energy efficiency, which do not only involve a (possibly technical) logical solution but also its adoption by actors who pursue their own local optima ?
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Research in constructor theory.
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Basic science in general has to be funded without expecting a return. Taxes and philantropy. For everything else, let the market do its job.
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basic research. I think history shows it's very valuable to better understand fundamental details, even though you won't know at the time how it will be valuable.
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I intentionally kept that broad. Because the idea that you can narrow it down to certain kinds of basic research implies that you can predict what sorts will be valuable. I don't think that's possible. You just need to make lots of bets.
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These aren't hard & fast rules (in fact, most have many creative options) but examples may be found in: * Parenting * Open source library maintenance * Digital Humanities * Non-profit hotlines & services * School teachers * Paramedics * Wikipedia editorspic.twitter.com/W6qBIi7xNG
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I sense funding for some important work may be more time and situation dependent than others. e.g. exploratory mathematics, R&D, science may be done by starving phd candidates, or massive funding may be available by governments (and tied to e.g. military agendas).
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Transitioning non functional intelligent people into functional ones.
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If the question is “paid” instead of “paid well” then the academic system does help with funding certain types of projects that are positive in the long run but don’t generate a profit. However, not everything fits into academic mold.
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Basic research particularly in the life sciences with long-term prospects vs bench-to-bedside trends with short-term prospects.
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