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I think one of the best things about Google Fiber is actually how it is shining a light on the levels of bureaucracy in our governments and the ways they can ei
by alwaysdoit 13y ago
I think one of the best things about Google Fiber is actually how it is shining a light on the levels of bureaucracy in our governments and the ways they can either be a catalyst or an impediment to progress, innovation, etc.
I don't necessarily want more government or less government--I want better government, and more transparency on when our government is working or failing is helpful for getting there.
- muzz 13y agoNot sure that can be inferred. Is innovation really catalyzed in Kansas City more than San Francisco? I would guess not.
- russell_h 13y agoNot sure if you've been to SF, but no one has ever accused the local government of "catalyzing" anything that didn't line their own pockets.
- muzz 13y agoMarkets and incentives work, and businesses respond to them. If SF thwarted innovation, we would see less of it there and more of it elsewhere, like Kansas City.
- YokoZar 13y agoThere are exogenous factors too. North Dakota will be rich due to oil even with incredibly corrupt and inefficient local governments.
- muzz 13y agoIndeed, as are Texas, Alaska, and Saudi Arabia. Resources must be extracted where they exist. No such physical constraints bind the development of search engines, social networks, etc.
- Smegger 13y agoSan Francisco the pro green city thats people protest when a company tries to create a mass transit system to cut traffic and emissions that SF? The city that objects to innovators moving there and ruining their culture by virtue of living there? The city who people mobbed the house of googles self driving car team head for no good reason. Yeah not convinced, they sound more like a liberal arts version of the old black and white monster movie peasant mob chasing down scientists and innovators with pitchforks and torches.