>>12546269Wealthy and interested patrons. Same as it was through most of history.
"I'm smart and I can do cool shit"
>"Really, if I pay you can you do more cool shit that can help me do X?""Sure, that sounds radical!"
Pretty much how it went down. I hope that we see that return in force today with electronic services, funnily enough including one called literally Patreon that make it easier for random people to put money in other random people's pockets to help them do cool shit. Independently funded scientists/institutions sound lit.
