> Having access to documents but without the culture and the human capital to implement it is almost useless. I don't think I'd consider it "almost useless". H

> Having access to documents but without the culture and the human capital to implement it is almost useless. I don't think I'd consider it "almost useless". Having source code, material compositions, trade secrets, etc is a significant step towards just outright copying your innovations and using it against you. It takes countless dollars and hours to incept the most basic building blocks of innovation. Hell, consider how much is discovered by accident. Politely, I think it almost borders on arrogance to believe that intangibles like "culture" are required to compete. On the topic of human capital, China's already got it. They've also shown they view their human capital like human cattle.