Re:America has become too anti-innovation
by Spooky23 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @09:17AM
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IMO Apple is the wrong example.
If you want to point out the death of innovation and competitive capitalism in the US, the real story is the slow rebuilding of the Bell Telephone and Standard Oil monopolies, and 19th century style financial trusts. 2040 will look like 1910.
You can literally trace the innovation of the internet in the context of the Bell breakup. Within my lifetime we will smash a ridiculous boat anchor on society, unleash a tsunami of innovation and improvement, and then put it back in a jar again. Very sad.
Of course it's the Guardian, so trolling for Apple haters/fanatics is the play.
If you want to point out the death of innovation and competitive capitalism in the US, the real story is the slow rebuilding of the Bell Telephone and Standard Oil monopolies, and 19th century style financial trusts. 2040 will look like 1910.
You can literally trace the innovation of the internet in the context of the Bell breakup. Within my lifetime we will smash a ridiculous boat anchor on society, unleash a tsunami of innovation and improvement, and then put it back in a jar again. Very sad.
Of course it's the Guardian, so trolling for Apple haters/fanatics is the play.