David Crane: We should pursue an increasingly ambitious and potentially much more prosperous and diversified economy. But if our priorities and capital are tied up in raw materials alone, we'll have a diminished future.
2/2 There’s a model. Over ~18 months, from Aug ‘20 to Mar ‘22,
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1/2 🇨🇦 is a leader in countless areas of research, but we rarely create the related biz opportunities. We can’t afford to just turn our money into 🌎 opportunities — we must start to scale our ideas into opportunities, jobs & prosperity in 🇨🇦. The status quo isn’t sustainable, especially today. …/2