Re:Steve Jobs and America's decline
by polymatter on Saturday December 03, 2011 @08:55AM
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True, some places will have a greater than average number. But the implication does not work the other way, that people from that place have a natural tendency for innovation. Nor the inverse, that because my parents were not on US soil when I was born does not preclude me from being innovative.
Re:Steve Jobs and America's decline
by yummyfajitas on Saturday December 03, 2011 @09:39AM
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The claim is that the US has more innovative business leaders, not that innovation is something intrinsic to US-born people.
As I said: "If innovative people attract each other, you'd certainly expect some places to have a greater than average number." I'm implying that the US could have a disproportionate number of innovative business leaders because the innovative people in India or Greece leave and come to the US.
It may or may not be correct, but it's hardly ridiculous. If innovative people attract each other, you'd certainly expect some places to have a greater than average number.