So many government programs are absolute force multipliers, from the 15 cents each of us spends per year for Energy Star authorization coming back to us 100 fold (EnergyStar is the way outlier savings generator machine) through basic research funding on insects making our lives safer & better.

Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.