Wanted: Bold Thinkers

Studio 360

Much of science today is grant-dependent and discourages dreamy, out-of-box thinking — because who wants to fund mistakes? Samantha Hunt warns Kurt that Tesla’s visionary approach to science is all but extinct.

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