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I see it differently, I think articles like are important by making people aware of solutions like these which will speed up the time needed to get them to people not as fortunate to have access to them now. More awareness means more people will work towards making the solution, lowering their cost.

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I'd agree with this sentiment. These articles make people excited and bring awareness plus, if you allow me to speculate, I bet someone with paralysis who at least sees these articles and realizes they might have a chance to walk in the future will feel better than someone who doesn't see them. Knowing there is a chance makes it easier to cope with problems. Or maybe I'm wrong, tell me if I am, I fully understand my perspective may be skewed.

I have a few medical problems that aren't solvable with current technology, seeing articles like these related to my issue gets me excited and hopeful that I'll be cured one day.

And as an engineer it brings attention to me that there are companies solving these problems that I could work for to speed up the effort.

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