> I expect that in its heyday, Detroit's auto industry had a similar synergy. It certainly did. Unfortunately, the most innovative idea to come out of the auto

> I expect that in its heyday, Detroit's auto industry had a similar synergy. It certainly did. Unfortunately, the most innovative idea to come out of the autombile industry - the assembly line - had the subsequent effect of destroying innovative learning and thinking on a vast scale. Detroit became a one-industry city and that industry demanded a large, mostly unskilled workforce inimical to the kind of entrepreneurial activity that might otherwise have diversified Detroit's economy.