"The agency took just 3 months to set up back in 1958 and has not changed its way of doing business since. The only major change was the addition of the word "Defense" to its name in 1972, its removal in 1993, then its reinstatement in 1996.

Another more subtle change in DARPA's mission is to not only prevent technological surprises but, as Tether puts it, 'create them'"

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Thanks, Reason.