So they shouldn't be interested anymore because the last time they were was a long time ago? Would you say something similar about Italy if they were to be int

So they shouldn't be interested anymore because the last time they were was a long time ago? Would you say something similar about Italy if they were to be interested about AI (no tech, no space, no chip industries), but couldn't because the last time they were interested in mathematics was during the Renaissance period? I'm the heretic one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism