Hi all, While on topic of wired, there is a very inspirational article on Chris Anderson of Wired which I found it very inspirational http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/14/out-of-hobby-class-drones-lifting-off-for-personal/?page=all#dsq-form-area Btw thought I should add a disclaimer, that I am one of the members of diydrones community as a consumer of products, moderator on diydrones and as member of developer community. Regards
Anish Mohammed Twitter: anishmohammed http://uk.linkedin.com/in/anishmohammed On 15 Mar 2012, at 04:16, Dibyo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 14 March 2012 18:17, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > Each one of these recommendations for cultivating genius seems stupidly > obvious. And yet, almost no modern state manages to tick these 3 boxes. > The whole article can be summarised as follows: > > Encourage immigration. > Encourage education. > Encourage risk-taking. > > Simple enough? And yet... > > Udhay > > PS: I love the phrase 'talent clots inhomogeneously'. > > http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/st_essay_genius > > Cultivating Genius in the 21st Century > > By Jonah Lehrer > February 28, 2012 | > Wired March 2012 > > Most economic growth has a very simple source: new ideas. It is our > creativity that generates wealth. So how can we increase the pace of > innovation? Is it possible to inspire more Picassos and Steve Jobses? > > > > Interesting read, but like the others in this thread, I think human-nature, > the inherent resistance to change and the fear of the new trumps common > sense. Vote banks don't like change, hence governments think twice. > > I live in Singapore at the moment, and while the government, on the surface > of it, is trying hard to tick all these boxes, the average joe doesn't like > it, even though my opinion is that everyone has benefited from it. The reason > is that economic progress causes financial inequality in the short-term which > in turn causes resistance. If a country like this, which is imminently > manageable and relatively well-off, can't do this without resistance, imagine > how a larger, more chaotic country (like mine) would pull something like this > off. > > Also, would you agree with the statement that the USA is fundamentally built > on these principles (over the last 100 years, not necessarily at this point > in time) > > > Dibyo > > >
