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Meh. I doubt it. The US has huge advantages: a large internal market, large numbers of early adopters, an appetite for risk, an innovative mindset, excellent re

Meh. I doubt it. The US has huge advantages: a large internal market, large numbers of early adopters, an appetite for risk, an innovative mindset, excellent research institutions, plenty of world-class cities, lots of cash... I mean, yeah, the current furore is "not good", but it doesn't cancel out the combined effects of all those advantages (and I've only listed a few!)

johncolanduoni 10y ago
Well the excellence of the research institutions (as far as CS and STEM in general are concerned) is pretty heavily dependent on immigration... Also remember that people aren't completely rational actors, and an action like this carries a lot of symbolic significance for both proponents and opponents. Would you want to stay at a party your friend was rudely kicked out of for no reason just because the booze is good?