Is US decline inevitable?

McFly — 4/13/2005 1:57:33 PM (archived)

And not so much because we're being actively challenged, but rather because we're systematically selling the future out from under our kids' feet.

Will the US lead in technological innovation in 10 years?

No. And why not? Because most CEOs can't see any business reason for the US to make the required investments necessary for such leadership. It's cheaper to buy foreign innovation than to be innovative. And why bother educating a youth that isn't expected to be innovative?

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Is US decline inevitable? - McFly - 4/13/2005 1:57:33 PM
- re: Is US decline inevitable? - Tom Brosz - 4/13/2005 8:49:53 PM
  - re: Those hot tech ideas you heard of were the only ones translated to english from the original mandarin (n/t) - SDF - 4/22/2005 4:59:17 PM
- I think we're toast - Gary - 4/13/2005 4:04:36 PM
  - Smalleyism. - et - 4/13/2005 4:40:15 PM
    - Yes And No - Mark Eby - 4/22/2005 12:22:03 AM
    - Nanotech - Gary - 4/13/2005 4:55:27 PM
      - Would you feel safer in a Chinese designed passanger jet or an American one? - alcaray - 4/13/2005 8:51:48 PM
        
        Would you buy a Toyota Corolla or a Chevy Cavalier? - Gary - 4/14/2005 4:11:42 PM
        
        Not saying we could never get to a point where American "Aerospace is mostly dead." - alcaray - 4/14/2005 8:50:03 PM
      - Nanotech is doing fairly well... - R.L. - 4/13/2005 8:50:00 PM
        
        I suspect "nanotech" is morphing into biotech and conventional materials technology - Gary - 4/14/2005 4:04:31 PM
        
        re: I suspect "nanotech" is morphing into biotech and conventional materials technology - phil - 4/14/2005 7:45:47 PM
      - What p said and then some.... - et - 4/13/2005 5:22:33 PM
      - re: Nanotech - p - 4/13/2005 5:02:38 PM
        
        Library of Alexandria - Gary - 4/13/2005 5:18:08 PM
- Back page: "US Trade gap reaches all-time high" - Bowser - 4/13/2005 2:43:27 PM
  - Problem posed...solution offered - p - 4/13/2005 4:37:07 PM
    - We've been drilling in Alaska and the gulf for the last 50 years. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/13/2005 8:53:11 PM
    - It's like smoking until you get lung cancer, then quitting. - Bowser - 4/13/2005 7:04:45 PM
      - A smart person would know that liberals buy SUV's too (n/t) - SteveS - 4/13/2005 10:58:10 PM
        
        Plenty of SUVs in the San Francisco Bay Area - Gary - 4/14/2005 3:48:14 PM
        
        And they give the look when you're doing the legal speed limit - SteveS - 4/15/2005 12:06:10 AM
    - except that its not a solution - DL - 4/13/2005 6:46:56 PM

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