1.) Probably not, but what is the prize here? San Francisco is a beautiful city, but people constantly complain about the fact that it is overrun by yuppie tech

1.) Probably not, but what is the prize here? San Francisco is a beautiful city, but people constantly complain about the fact that it is overrun by yuppie tech people who have zero connection with the place and who frequently express their disdain for the city. The city crushing it by any metric of global success, and yet it still has a ton of problems. It's not the best place to raise kids, it has a lot of social woes and it doesn't really provide much benefit for a lot of ordinary people who grew up there. Having the smartest people has a lot of benefits, but you also need to have some policy to make sure that these benefits actually trickle down. 1.a). Probably not, but again what is the prize here? Belgium's top 50% is pretty top notch, but with ~10M people, this is still just a drop in the Ocean. They can still have a plenty nice country though. 1.b.) Both, but it's nice to invest in your communities. A lot of people would mention that they learned a lot of what they know on the job and not in school. If you look at American high school math scores, the country is a joke. If you look at American engineers, it starts to become a serious contender (either the tests are missing something big or Americans are learning some interesting tricks along the way).