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The American innovators are too busy figuring out ways to make people click more ads or to blow people up. /s (kind of)

adventured 9y ago
Or, you know, building numerous space launch and transport systems (Boeing, SpaceX, Blue Origin) to go to the moon again and Mars. Figuring out how to cure disease with CRISPR. Editas, Intellia, Crispr Therapeutics, and The Broad Institute, all just in Boston. Leading the world in artificial intelligence, with only China as a close competitor, and everyone else dramatically far behind. Leading the world in cloud computing and cloud software broadly, with only China as a close competitor, and everyone else dramatically far behind. What are Europe's ten largest technology companies again? I really can't recall. Leading the world, along with China, on everything mobile. There are no close competitors anywhere except for Samsung. Leading the world in electric vehicles and driverless vehicle technology. Leading the world in biotech, basically across the board. There are one or two major competitors in Europe doing interesting things in biotech (using US technology purchased from the likes of Genentech, InterMune, Genzyme, etc), and that's it. Dominating pretty much every segment of technology in every country that isn't named China. In fact, dominating to such a hilarious degree, the world has to aggressively try to curb the US tech hegemony because it's too overwhelming. Or you know, sure, figuring out ad clicking. Yeah, that's it.
- mping 9y ago
  You forgot leading the world in inequality and healthcare costs. For me, far far more important than going to the moon or making a car drive itself.
  - tengbretson 9y ago
    > You forgot leading the world in inequality I'm not even going to say citation needed. This is just false.
    - siquick 9y ago
      Leading the world is a big stretch but "The income inequality in the United States, according to the Gini coefficient (a measure of inequality where 0 is perfectly equal and 1 is perfectly unequal) is about 0.45, which is awful..." http://fortune.com/2017/08/01/wealth-gap-america/ http://fortune.com/2017/08/01/wealth-gap-america/ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2172rank.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... But for the worlds richest and most technologically innovative country that's a terrible charge to have on your record.
- siquick 9y ago
  > Figuring out how to cure disease with CRISPR. Editas, Intellia, Crispr Therapeutics, and The Broad Institute, all just in Boston. Hopefully, all that innovation might go some way to improving the health of US citizens which is frankly shocking when compared to the amount of innovation that is apparently going on. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2228rank.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...

Or, you know, building numerous space launch and transport systems (Boeing, SpaceX, Blue Origin) to go to the moon again and Mars. Figuring out how to cure disease with CRISPR. Editas, Intellia, Crispr Therapeutics, and The Broad Institute, all just in Boston. Leading the world in artificial intelligence, with only China as a close competitor, and everyone else dramatically far behind. Leading the world in cloud computing and cloud software broadly, with only China as a close competitor, and everyone else dramatically far behind. What are Europe's ten largest technology companies again? I really can't recall. Leading the world, along with China, on everything mobile. There are no close competitors anywhere except for Samsung. Leading the world in electric vehicles and driverless vehicle technology. Leading the world in biotech, basically across the board. There are one or two major competitors in Europe doing interesting things in biotech (using US technology purchased from the likes of Genentech, InterMune, Genzyme, etc), and that's it. Dominating pretty much every segment of technology in every country that isn't named China. In fact, dominating to such a hilarious degree, the world has to aggressively try to curb the US tech hegemony because it's too overwhelming. Or you know, sure, figuring out ad clicking. Yeah, that's it.

mping 9y ago
You forgot leading the world in inequality and healthcare costs. For me, far far more important than going to the moon or making a car drive itself.
- tengbretson 9y ago
  > You forgot leading the world in inequality I'm not even going to say citation needed. This is just false.
  - siquick 9y ago
    Leading the world is a big stretch but "The income inequality in the United States, according to the Gini coefficient (a measure of inequality where 0 is perfectly equal and 1 is perfectly unequal) is about 0.45, which is awful..." http://fortune.com/2017/08/01/wealth-gap-america/ http://fortune.com/2017/08/01/wealth-gap-america/ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2172rank.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... But for the worlds richest and most technologically innovative country that's a terrible charge to have on your record.
siquick 9y ago
> Figuring out how to cure disease with CRISPR. Editas, Intellia, Crispr Therapeutics, and The Broad Institute, all just in Boston. Hopefully, all that innovation might go some way to improving the health of US citizens which is frankly shocking when compared to the amount of innovation that is apparently going on. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2228rank.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...