The what-if game is very hard to play. The effect of the opportunity cost is often forgotten. By choosing to channel resources into one area you are not fundin

The what-if game is very hard to play. The effect of the opportunity cost is often forgotten. By choosing to channel resources into one area you are not funding others. What Jobs did very well at Apple was kill some stuff that weren't that useful ( Opendoc is a classic example ) and focus resources things were. But you can't see the road not travelled. In general if you look at history you see periods of stagnation around the world at various times - and I don't think that was a result of lack of 'great people' - I think how societies are organised has more impact. Governance is important.