When money does get allocated, cost pressures too often encourage investment in projects that promise quick results – a bias that comes at the expense of long-term innovation that could provide a strategic advantage. Even DARPA has fallen prey to pressure for research that can demonstrate immediate progress.
即使获配资金，成本压力也常常促使投资流入迅速见效的项目——这一偏误的代价是可以提供战略优势的长期创新。即使是DARPA，也不得不屈从于研究必须马上产生进展的压力。