Why Bell Labs Worked (1517.substack.com)
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duxup May 13, 2025 | on: Why I'm resigning from the National Science Foundation | context

Pretty good article on Bell Labs recently, but also I think it indicates how it's not likely to exist in the US again.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43957010

sllabres Nov 12, 2025 | on: Yann LeCun to depart Meta and launch AI startup focused on… | context

If you are (obviously) interested in the matter you might find one of the Bell Labs articles discussed on HN:

"Why Bell Labs Worked" [1]

"The Influence of Bell Labs" [2]

"Bringing back the golden days of Bell Labs" [3]

"Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home" [4] or

"Innovation and the Bell Labs Miracle" [5]

interesting too.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43957010 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42275944 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32352584 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39077867 [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3635489