darn good question -- more on Learning to Lose?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Jeffrey Hunker <jhunker () andrew cmu edu>
Date: December 9, 2005 11:42:22 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Learning to Lose?

Dave,

A comment on the below -- previous leading societies did not  
necessarily have the insight we have into the decline and fall of  
empires/economies/technologies. So why cannot we apply this insight  
into our own situation, and take appropriate action? Are we sheep  
doomed to repeat the past, simply because this is what has happened x  
decades or centuries ago?

Jeffrey Hunker
Professor of Technology Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
jhunker () andrew cmu edu

--On Friday, December 09, 2005 11:30 AM -0500 David Farber  
<dave () farber net> wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Ted Kircher <tkircher () comcast net>
> Date: December 9, 2005 11:08:56 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] more on Learning to Lose?
> Reply-To: Ted Kircher <tkircher () comcast net>
>
> Dave,
>
> Maybe this is just one more example of why the 'rise & fall'
> theory of nations has always worked.
>
> Ted
>
> On 12/9/05, "David Farber" <dave () farber net> either wrote,
> forwarded or quoted:
>
>  > Ultimately, I suspect this will be the death knell of the US being
>  > the incubator for new technologies. And I wonder if it won't be the
>  > death knell of American prosperity, too.
>
> I've been wondering when the alarm bells will be raised about nano and
> bio tech labs being opened overseas rather than in the US. I don't  
> have
> any sources for this or know for sure it's happening, but  
> logically, why
> open labs in the US when it's cheaper and regulation less onerous
> overseas?
> Same with R&D.
>
> At the point even the *new* high=tech jobs are moving off shore,
> everyone should start seeing the writing on the wall.
>
> I think the solution is to invest in University science and technology
> research, as well as assisting small business ventures which are more
> likely to keep jobs in country.
> --
>
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