> I wonder: what's the point of a ranking like this? To drive mouse clicks by stoking nationalist sentiment and feelings of superiority. > A ranking of innova

> I wonder: what's the point of a ranking like this? To drive mouse clicks by stoking nationalist sentiment and feelings of superiority. > A ranking of innovative cities would be a much more interesting and realistic metric. I agree. The chauvinism would still be present and is inevitable when making comparisons between locales, but at least the locales would make sense as economic units.