It seems to me that most here actually did not watch the link to the original blog with Judy Estrin's video interview: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=301 h

It seems to me that most here actually did not watch the link to the original blog with Judy Estrin's video interview: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=301 http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=301 Her point is that too much focus on short-term / "this quarter" type of mentality, associated with the declining of education and the lack of national leadership is killing innovation in Silicon Valley. This is not the first time that I hear this argument. The author of "Silicon Dragon" says that the Valley is in a state of denial: http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/03/silicon-valley-if-we-ignore-china-will-it-go-away/ http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/03/silicon-valley-if-we-ignor...