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Population density and personal interaction are important to innovation, but only certain kinds of innovation are highly profitable. SV has a big edge there be
by pchristensen 18y ago
Population density and personal interaction are important to innovation, but only certain kinds of innovation are highly profitable. SV has a big edge there because it has the highest density of people with the resources (mental, financial, relationship, etc) to produce tech startups. Ditto for film in LA, fashion in Milan, finance in NYC, etc.
- h34t 18y agoI agree, and I'd say these differences between cities fall under the label of 'culture'. Population density and personal interaction are necessary but insufficient. I taught SAT prep in China for a couple of months. If population density and personal interaction were all that are required for innovation, my students would have been creative geniuses. Instead, the results of cultural patterns such as fear/obedience/submission to authority dominated my impressions of all but a few.