What innovation? Like Microsoft's "innovation" where they copy other people's inventions and claim to have invented them themselves?
Grishnakh, in case you hadn't noticed those "other people" were also mostly Americans, and their innovations occured within the past 15 years (not 1900 like your dream world tells you). With your own lifetime you have seen a more rapid pace of innovation than has ever been the case in world history, and America has been the source of most of these. Like I said.. America has a consistent strength in innovation, and is the predominant R&D player on the global scene. Hence the reason that China and India are playing "catch up". My point is that Americans cannot be complacent about this incredible legacy, and the culture must not be so negative toward those which have been the most siginificant contributors to our success. Check out the 1900s/2000s section of the following list for some irrefutable evidence proving my point:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Notable_Innov ation
This comment really downplays America's consistent strength in innovation. If the kids are so smart, they wouldn't be running away from direct competition in the fields that matter the most for America's economic survival. They would instead be applying their brain power to developing the next best thing(s) as Americans always have.
I think the fundamental problem is one of values. American kids shun competition because the hippies told them that life should be easier than that. American kids consume significantly larger quantities of illegal drugs than their Chinese and Indian counterparts because the hippie baby boomers have created a society (aggressively supported by their media monopoly) which promotes such behavior as the only way for a kid to be cool.
When last was a high school chess champion the most popular kid in school? American culture has been engineered such that all kids are ensnared (when they are young and impressionable) by a media that programs them to want to become the next Eminem (or worse). It's really no suprise therefore that the Chinese and Indians are making the most of these opportunities, since their traditional cultures value intelligence and hard work, instead of superficial glitz.
When the nation is full of kids who are all out to compete over who's the biggest thug in town, or who takes the most drugs, it leaves little room for legitimate competition in areas that will actually benefit their long term survival.
Again this is the fault of the fcukin' hippies. You know it's true..
Anyone thinking that the MSFT juggernaut is unstoppable, and destined for unbridled growth should first look at the insider trading of their Chairman:
http://biz.yahoo.com/t/16/2711.html
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Here's a list of computing pioneers for your perusal:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_pi
What innovation? Like Microsoft's "innovation" where they copy other people's inventions and claim to have invented them themselves?
Grishnakh, in case you hadn't noticed those "other people" were also mostly Americans, and their innovations occured within the past 15 years (not 1900 like your dream world tells you). With your own lifetime you have seen a more rapid pace of innovation than has ever been the case in world history, and America has been the source of most of these. Like I said.. America has a consistent strength in innovation, and is the predominant R&D player on the global scene. Hence the reason that China and India are playing "catch up". My point is that Americans cannot be complacent about this incredible legacy, and the culture must not be so negative toward those which have been the most siginificant contributors to our success. Check out the 1900s/2000s section of the following list for some irrefutable evidence proving my point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Notable_Inno
This comment really downplays America's consistent strength in innovation. If the kids are so smart, they wouldn't be running away from direct competition in the fields that matter the most for America's economic survival. They would instead be applying their brain power to developing the next best thing(s) as Americans always have.
I think the fundamental problem is one of values. American kids shun competition because the hippies told them that life should be easier than that. American kids consume significantly larger quantities of illegal drugs than their Chinese and Indian counterparts because the hippie baby boomers have created a society (aggressively supported by their media monopoly) which promotes such behavior as the only way for a kid to be cool.
When last was a high school chess champion the most popular kid in school? American culture has been engineered such that all kids are ensnared (when they are young and impressionable) by a media that programs them to want to become the next Eminem (or worse). It's really no suprise therefore that the Chinese and Indians are making the most of these opportunities, since their traditional cultures value intelligence and hard work, instead of superficial glitz.
When the nation is full of kids who are all out to compete over who's the biggest thug in town, or who takes the most drugs, it leaves little room for legitimate competition in areas that will actually benefit their long term survival.
Again this is the fault of the fcukin' hippies. You know it's true..
The Lord of the Rings came out of New Zealand.. the director, the studio and the filming..
why is it that early posts always get rated highly even when they're idiotic? Guess we will never know
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Anyone thinking that the MSFT juggernaut is unstoppable, and destined for unbridled growth should first look at the insider trading of their Chairman: http://biz.yahoo.com/t/16/2711.html