>>25594000 >it can't be that simple It can.

Infinite budget and had the best post ww2 scientists all in the same buildings

> or that formula would've been replicated elsewhere It was, in google for example

Science back in the day was easy you could throw a stick into a vial and find something new

It was the right time (post ww2, technology still young and easy to move forward) and the right place (white country (at the time), capitalist ideology)

>>25594561 >capitalist ideology Bell labs was peak mid-20th century managerialism, there was no market discipline until Ronnie Raygun broke up bell and they had to do stuff like try to sell unix for profit

one of the oldest deep state institutions i guess btw the ceo for bell labs confirmed the mars face was real and they where told to cover it up

>>25594596 >btw the ceo for bell labs confirmed the mars face was real and they where told to cover it up what

>>25594596 >btw the ceo for bell labs confirmed the mars face was real and they where told to cover it up

>>25594596 BR tire theory, here some people claim the telephone was invented by a BR priest and Bell took credit because of government ties

At least when it comes to telecom, it was bound to happen. The knowledge was there, the market was there, and the regulations to reward anyone innovating with a national monopoly was there. I remember studying murkan change in regulations regarding telecom monopolies, and it shows that they do tolerate monopolies when they see it as beneficial for the nation. Telecom monopolies were tolerated with the argument that telecom tech required standardization. After all, can't communicate without standards on both ends. Because of that, AT&T was allowed to expand monopolistically, and they rewarded the nation a good cycle of R&D coming from bell labs and then fast commoditization of those new techs through the AT&T monopoly.

Xerox Parc was pretty productive as well. Its just that Bell is more popular with modern nerds because of UNIX