Innovation doesn't "happen" where you actually measure it, where a company gets founded, or where a patent gets registered... It happens inside the head of a r

Innovation doesn't "happen" where you actually measure it, where a company gets founded, or where a patent gets registered... It happens inside the head of a random Russian dude that studies in Germany and then moves to Zurich. Or in the head of a second generation Syrian immigrant to the U.S. People are like blood, they need to be pumped, squished, occasionally crushed etc. Sure, the company that eventually makes profit from an innovative idea ends up being registered in a developed country, the article describing an innovative technique ends up being published while someone works for a prestigious western university etc. Switzerland is like the "fake news" of every socio-economical statistic since it's a weird "magnet country" for money and ideas from anywhere else. > Sweden, Finland, Denmark Agree, they do something right, though not sure what. There's genuine innovation coming from there, but I'm really not familiar with these countries. And I'd bet they're also good at extracting valiue, registering, patenting etc. Or maybe they've managed to get the same benefits of a half-broken society (basically "tons of unemployed/unsatisfactory-employed smart people" kept "motivated enough" but not beyond their "breaking points") without the "broken" part by managing to simply not "overwork the innovativeness out of smart people"? It would be awesome to know this strategy works...