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Re:Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment Was a Colossal Mi... by bumby on Monday March 06, 2023 @06:34PM (#35049412)
Hell, pockets of New Mexico have a higher number of PhDs per capita. The idea that SV is the intellectual center of the universe makes it sound like someone has been inside the bubble too long.

(And that’s not a knock on NM. I being it up as an example of an area that isn’t rarely bright up in these conversational circles)

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Re:Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment Was a Colossal Mi... by 8note on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:48AM (#35052352)
Do phds make intellectual capital?

I'd assume the intellectual capital makes the most intellectual property

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Re:Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment Was a Colossal Mi... by bumby on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @06:47AM (#35054288)
That assumption shows a very SV-centric mindset. Intellectual property is largely an legal economic construct. The PhDs in places like Los Alamos generally work more on classified projects. Your point is like saying the NSA must not have many smart people working there because they have no patents. Intellectual capital can create societal value being just dollars and cents.
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