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> I encourage you to take a moment to absorb the size of these gaps. Women, African-Americans, Latinos, Southerners, and low- and middle-income children are far
by vowelless 9y ago
> I encourage you to take a moment to absorb the size of these gaps. Women, African-Americans, Latinos, Southerners, and low- and middle-income children are far less likely to grow up to become patent holders and inventors.
I know the author uses patents as a proxy for innovation. But is it really a valid proxy?
Do we want to maximize innovation or do we want to maximize patent holdings?
Why not remove patents and construct a modern understandig of "innovation". Did Einstein even patent anything in his own name? What about his contemporaries: Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrodinger?
- john_minsk 9y agoWhile this is a great suggestion, it doesn't defeat the idea of the article.
- musage 9y agoEinstein did patent inventions, around 50 are known. He also worked at a patent office for 7 years. I think you still have a point, I also don't think patents necessarily equal innovation, but Einstein simply is not the best example for it.