Why Startups Condense in America

bariswheel writes "The controversial genius developer/writer/entertainer Paul Graham writes an insightful piece on Why Startups Condense in America. Here's the skinny: "The US allows immigration, it is a rich country, it is not (yet) a police state, the universities are better, you can fire people, work is less identified with employment, it is not too fussy, it has a large domestic market, it has venture funding, and it has dynamic typing for careers. Inquire for details within."

Comments

Re:Bay Area-centric

[ak3ldama]

In the US the economies of the southwest and southeast are much more vital.
I take some exception to this. America became what it is because of the natural resources we have (that were stumbled upon and which we commenced to plunder.) So even today our natural resources bless our economy in ways most people never notice. This is not because of the southwest and southeast, it's because of the whole. You grow it, dig it up, or chop it down; everything else is hard to base a sustainable economy on.

Easy answer

[krod4]

Only the USA has the intellect available to constantly come up with new ideas. Other countries just steal our ideas and IP. We really need better protection of our IP, and I hope Bush will continue to show other countries that you just don't mess with us. Obviously we need the war on terror to expand even more into protecting our IP. If we let anybody take our property, as previous leaders have done, we will lose our steam.

Re:I learned it from YOU, dad.

[ichigo 2.0]

And when he chooses to Tony Blair can have more influence over the American public than Bush...

As a European myself I have to say that's only because the American public hates Bush. To me it has always seemed as if Blair is just another Bush cronie. It doesn't really help that Britain is going along with the Iraq war and staying outside the Euro either. What I'm trying to say is that what little influence Britain may have had is disappearing fast.

Congratulations, you have proved you are a moron!

[Zero__Kelvin]

Yes it does. We only do it to terrorists.

And hopefully soon, we'll do it to pinkos too.

You just better hope they don't start targeting complete fucking morons who cannot understand even the simplest of concepts 8-}