Sunday, March 11, 2012

Future scientific advances and the United States

Small comment inspired by this article:

Great read. Sad that the US is falling behind, although maybe inevitable given the national arrogance that always accompanies hegemony. You start to take success and power for granted while listening to your own misleading stories of intrinsic greatness.  Aside from that, one quibble is that he's predicting future accomplishments based on what Americans/westerners have generally emphasized.  If we're diminishing as an innovative force due to loss of infrastructure and investment, then the conceptual flavor of innovation will also change as different cultures take the lead in asking the big questions.

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