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What makes you think China isn't creating it's own IP? it is after all 1/4 of the worlds people, and contains 1/4 of the world's smart people ... more than are
by Taniwha 10y ago
What makes you think China isn't creating it's own IP? it is after all 1/4 of the worlds people, and contains 1/4 of the world's smart people ... more than are in the US ....
- programmarchy 10y agoPartly because Western culture evolved differently and emphasizes the individual rather than the collective, which is a big driver behind innovation. The immaterial/philosophical elements of culture diffuse much slower than the material/technological which explains why Asian and Orthodox civilizations lag behind in IP production, despite having adopted tech from the agricultural/industrial revolutions.
- mc32 10y agoChinese parents have begun to question Confucian orthodoxy in pedagogy and are demanding less rote learning and more exploration, inquisitiveness and questioning authority (of teachers). However, their main issue will become an aging population --like Japan/Korea and Europe.
- brobinson 10y ago>Chinese parents have begun to question Confucian orthodoxy in pedagogy Do you have a source for this? This is the first I've heard of it.
- mc32 10y agoYou can search for it. Here is one reference but you can find others. http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160526-FACING-UP-TO-HISTORY/Life-Arts/Innovation-creativity-making-inroads-into-China-s-education-system http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160526-FACING-UP-TO-HISTOR...
- brobinson 10y agoThanks!
- snowwrestler 10y agoChina is creating its own IP, but so far, primarily for use inside China. Far more people inside China use U.S. IP, than vice versa. China are trying to transform their economy to be more internally self-sufficient, and are making progress. But the position they hold in the world now, at least economically, was built by manufacturing for export based on foreign IP. I'm not trying to say that the Chinese people are dumber than Americans--they're not. I'm talking about the macro-economics of how we got to where we are today.