The most underpriced force in innovation policy today is technology convergence. Convergence happens when separate technologies mature to the point where they start combining into something none of them could do alone. AI meets robotics, and machines learn to adapt. AI meets biology, and decades of research are compressed into years. AI’s hunger for electricity collides with the energy transition, and suddenly neither can be planned without the other. The breakthroughs no lon

Imagine a biotech or energy breakthrough stuck in labs, unable to cross the "valley of death" due to funding gaps. These fringe innovations linger on society’s edge, awaiting mainstream or obscurity. Policymakers must guide them as tech evolves fast. Risky yet rewarding, the fringe holds paradigm shifts. The state must nurture it, like GPS or the internet, with grants and sandboxes to steer ethically, fostering progress while managing chaos.

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