The bell rang when this voyage began. It rings again now.
Land in sight. Anchor down.
Whatโs waiting below the surface was always part of the map. โ๏ธ๐ก
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Claw and I understood that $FUZZY and so many others would play thier own role in the onboarding process, we just wanted to compliment them knowing just how early we really are. What we've created has already started to do just that. We've guided many into our own trusted and value driven community. We've helped guide many safely through the XRPL. Less confusion. Less stress. Just clear guidance and real support.
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This is how we wanted to make our mark in history and on @First_Ledger. With purpose, with service, with high vibrational, quality people, who see the bigger picture. We wanted to spread joy and love with a family of believers who have faith in what America will lead the world intoโฆ
The Golden Age!
God Bless!
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How much does the world actually spend on science?
1. US government research funding: ~$99 billionโจIn FY2024, federal agencies obligated about $47.5B for basic research and $51B for applied research. That's the pool most scientists mean when they say "grants": NIH, NSF, DOE, NASA and others.
2. Add philanthropy: ~$126 billionโจFoundations and donors add about $27B on top of federal grants, supporting research at US universities and nonprofit institutes in 2024. That's roughly a fifth of all support for that work.
3. All US R&D: ~$1 trillionโจTotal US R&D hit $937B in 2023 and an estimated $993B in 2024. Most of it is industry funding product development. Government research and philanthropy together make up only about one-eighth of the total.
4. Global R&D: ~$3.8 trillionโจThe world spent an estimated $3.8T on R&D in 2024. The US and China each crossed $1T
What this meansโจThe money that funds open, curiosity-driven science is a fraction of total R&D, and it flows through slow, centralized channels. Even modest improvements in how that ~$126B is allocated would compound across every field.
That $126B is the segment ResearchHub is currently starting with. Moving just 1% of it, about $1.3B a year, through preregistered proposals with incentivized peer review would change how a meaningful share of American science gets funded, reviewed, and shared.
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Including, obviously, having taken Regretamine in the first place.
I just unfollowed a bunch of old and inactive accounts to make room for more like-minded people.
If that's you, let's connect and I'll follow you! ๐ค