Google X

This post really doesn't add much to the NYT article (<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3233201" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3233201</a>).

The fact that Google's spokeswoman is forced to justify a project like this as critical to the Google DNA is very sad.

I'd kill for a chance to work on something amazing and have it financed by one of the wealthiest companies on the planet.

sounds a bit like a modern bell labs