In the mid 2000's, we were incentivized to call anything remotely possibly nanot...

hkmurakami on Sept 17, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile st...

In the mid 2000's, we were incentivized to call anything remotely possibly nanotechnology related "nano-XYZ". It lead to demonstrably better government grant success.

The behavior isn't even limited to tech startups.