American innovation is in trouble
By Fareed Zakaria
If you ask people in Silicon Valley what makes it work, they will talk about many things — the ability to fail, the lack of hierarchy, the culture of competition. One thing almost no one mentions is the government. And yet, the Valley’s origins are deeply tied to government support. The reason there were so many engineers in California in the 1950s and 1960s was because large defense companies had attracted them there. Most of the legendary start-ups that fueled the computer revolution — Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel — got off the ground largely because the military, and later NASA, would buy their products until they became cheap and accessible enough for the broader commercial market. GPS, the technology that now powers the information revolution, was developed for the military.
And then there was government funding for research, which is sometimes thought of simply as large grants to universities for basic science but often was far more ingenious. My favorite example comes from Walter Isaacson’s fascinating new book, “The Innovators.” In the 1950s, the U.S. government funded a massive project at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, employing equal numbers of psychologists and engineers who worked together to find ways “that humans could interact more intuitively with computers and information could be presented with a friendlier interface.” Isaacson traces how this project led directly to the user-friendly computer screens of today as well as ARPANET, the precursor of the Internet.
Federal funding for basic research and technology should be utterly uncontroversial. It has been one of the greatest investments in human history. And yet it has fallen to its lowest level as a percentage of GDP in four decades.
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My granddaddy used to get us pastrami all the time but he moved to Israel.
Lmao. Good one, rupert. Most intelligent thing I ever heard from you. Really.
Muther fokkin a zzholes
Hardy har har
It's a no-brainer. If Ebola victims should be quarantined then so should AIDS victims be. Duh.
Magic Johnson should have been quarantined and not allowed to spread his AIDS among over 3000 women. By his own admission he did this. So Stfu.
I thought for a moment this was the psychiatric wing of a mental hospital.
So. Your thinking abilities are weak is all.
But you enjoy his strong d ikk up your a zz eh hindoo boy
Who here is stupid enough to think Ebola victims should be quarantined but the much deadlier AIDS victims should not be.
A show of hands, please.
Hey you a zzholes out there talking s hit. Go raipe your sisters or something. Jobless monkeys.
Hey there, Buffy. Say something significant or stfu. M'kay?
Like f ukking your muther filipo
Quarantine AIDS victims the same as Ebola victims. Duh.
Seriously. Why are ALL of you onboard with quarantining Ebola victims but were not so concerning the much more deadly AIDS victims?
Answer me, someone. Thank you inadvance.
Why are you all for quarantining Ebola victims but not AIDS victims? Come on, now. Don't be shy. Explain yourself, @banasy for one.
My cousin banasy is revising the computer systems at the library for quicker book retrival.
She cannot be disturbed right now Philip.
I've never been able to get anyone to answer my question above, btw. So don't feel bad if it stumped you. OK?
She once told me that she fears Ebola more than AIDS because some of the dirty people in the library sneeze and cough. And she thinks that some Ebola germs fly into the air and she may breath them.
But when she fools around and cheats on her hubby, she makes sure that the dude's thing has a little raincoat. So AIDS is not a problem for my cousin banasy.
A condom would have to cover your entire body in order to be effective against the AIDS virus, Donna. That virus is found in all human excretions, not just semen. Stop daydreaming your answers.
Tell me. Why quarantine Ebola victims but not people like Magic Johnson.
Hey you hindoo muther f ukkers out there. Get a job. Go f ukk your sisters.
Hey Chrissty b eetch enjoying s ukking Blue Saffron's d ikk. Lol
Shut up rupert.
Fukk yourself you cok sukkin curry cokroach
It's wasn't me Phillip
Hey Philip, banal a ss holie go s ukk Modi bollz.
Hey Buffy. Your mom said to bring her purse back right away or no more using her PC to harass news blogs.
Hey philip Modi just raiped your mother
LMFAO. These stinking skunks from India really think they are americans. Frikkin donkeys.
Why quarantine Ebola victims but not the thousand times more deadly AIDS victims. Someone please tell me why. Thank you.
Shut up m'fo
Philip,
My last post on this blog was at 8:44 pm last night.
Do you understand what that means?
That you were busy raiping your muther
Aren't you the clever little Adam! Who's the clever boy? Who's the cleverest little man? You are!
Bend over phagg
Who's the cleverest little troll on CNN? You are, Adam! Who's daddy's little money depleter? Who costs daddy millions in bribes? You do, little man! Oosha boosha boosha, such a good little troll!
@Philip,banasy called u adam. She is calling u a troll too
Banasy did not call Philip "Adam".
Read much?
Yes. It means that you are ignorant. Answer my question, please.
S ukk my d ikk first. Cokroach f ukker
It means you're a homophobic who was talking to the troll all night, and as such, showed just what an ignorant ass you truly are.
Tell me, did Ryan White deserve to be quarantined?
Have that SCOTUS decision about this handy?
Uganda has the highest rate of AIDS, correct? Wall off that country?
Lookit banasy ignoring the question again. Why do you support quarantining Ebola victims but not AIDS victims, Donna. Answer me please.
F ukk you muther fokker. Go tickle your azz
Who is Ryan white
Look at Philip being an ignorant ass again and ignoring repeated requests for that SCOTUS information.
I don't support taking civil rights away from any US citizens because Philip finds them "icky".
Is that a plain enough answer for you, you ignorant ass?
No. I don't know. What does it mean?
:::20% of women or 140 million women have been gang raiped in India
:::60% of men or 420 million men in India think that gang raiping and burning the wife alive for dowry by spraying kerosene and lighting her up is acceptable.
:::Only 1% of raipes in India are reported.
:::There is a raipe every 2 seconds in India
::: 85% of women in India have been groped, their breasts pulled like pork and a ss fingered
::80% of hinddoous track to rail tracks to defecate in India
:: 95% of hinddoous in India don't have toilets
Shut up Kirk. Americans are the rapypingist people of all time. According to the DoJ, Americans raype over 246,000 men, women, boys and girls every year. And the vast majority of raype cases are kept secret from police by dysfunctional family members.
Interestingly, of the women rayped in India, over 98% were rayped by a family member or a neighbor they knew.
Did Rodman f ukk your mother
No. Rodman took a bribe from the Illuminati who control the entire world's music and entertainment business. And went to N. Korea and put on a private show exactly as he was told to do.
Same same. He f ukked your muther too
Hindoo innovations
:::20% of women or 140 million women have been gang raiped in India
:::60% of men or 420 million men in India think that gang raiping and burning the wife alive for dowry by spraying kerosene and lighting her up is acceptable.
:::Only 1% of raipes in India are reported.
:::There is a raipe every 2 seconds in India
::: 85% of women in India have been groped, their breasts pulled like pork and a ss fingered
::80% of hinddoous track to rail tracks to defecate in India
:: 95% of hinddoous in India don’t have toilets
Why do stupid Americans want puny little Ebola victims quarantined but not great big hige AIDS victims? Because Americans have been dumbed-down and made stupid is why.
Of course. Everybody in America but you is dumbed down, right? Only you have the super-secret answers to the world and its inner workings...only you know the "truth." You, the "enlightened" one.
/sarcasm
Hindoos from India busy innovating
:::20% of women or 140 million women have been gang raiped in India
:::60% of men or 420 million men in India think that gang raiping and burning the wife alive for dowry by spraying kerosene and lighting her up is acceptable.
:::Only 1% of raipes in India are reported.
:::There is a raipe every 2 seconds in India
::: 85% of women in India have been groped, their breasts pulled like pork and a ss fingered
::80% of hinddoous track to rail tracks to defecate in India
:: 95% of hinddoous in India don’t have toilets
Come on chrissty. Dont hide behind names. Papa is waiting. Come s ukk d ikky. Lol
These comments are the reason why America is a world power and the rest third world. We will make sure it stays that way. God Bless America.
@Donna Banass. People with Ebola or AIDS are not "icky" you dumb broad.
They are victims of deadly viruses and so need to be quarantined. Duh.
For how long? For life? How very Nazi of you, PEDo.
Only you would want to quarantine a large group of people with a manageable disease for life....perhaps in one of your "FEMA" camps?
Wait wait
A SAMPLING OF SOME 114 FREEDOM FIGHTING ORGANIZATIONS IN INDIA:
1. National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
2. United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS)
3. Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO)
4. Bodo Liberation Tiger Force (BLTF)
5. Dima Halim Daogah (DHD)
6. Karbi National Volunteers (KNV)
7. Rabha National Security Force (RNSF)
8. Koch-Rajbongshi Liberation Organisation (KRLO)
9. Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)
10. Karbi People's Front (KPF)
11. Tiwa National Revolutionary Force (TNRF)
12. Bircha Commando Force (BCF)
13. Bengali Tiger Force (BTF)
14. Adivasi Security Force (ASF)
15. All Assam Adivasi Suraksha Samiti (AAASS)
16. Gorkha Tiger Force (GTF)
17. Barak Valley Youth Liberation Front (BVYLF)
18. United Liberation Front of Barak Valley
19. United National Liberation Front (UNLF)
20. People's Liberation Army (PLA)
21. People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)
22. The above mentioned three groups now operate from a unified platform,
23. the Manipur People's Liberation Front (MPLF)
24. Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP)
25. Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL)
26. Manipur Liberation Tiger Army (MLTA)
27. Iripak Kanba Lup (IKL)
28. People's Republican Army (PRA)
29. Kangleipak Kanba Kanglup (KKK)
30. Kangleipak Liberation Organisation (KLO)
31. Revolutionary Joint Committee (RJC)
32. National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)
33. People's United Liberation Front (PULF)
34. Kuki National Army (KNA)
35. Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA)
36. Kuki National Organisation (KNO)
37. Kuki Independent Army (KIA)
38. Kuki Defence Force (KDF)
39. Kuki International Force (KIF)
40. Kuki National Volunteers (KNV)
41. Kuki Liberation Front (KLF)
42. Kuki Security Force (KSF)
43. Kuki Liberation Army (KLA)
44. Kuki Revolutionary Front (KRF)
45. United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF)
46. Hmar People's Convention (HPC)
47. Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)
48. Hmar Revolutionary Front (HRF)
49. Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA)
50. Zomi Revolutionary Volunteers (ZRV)
51. Indigenous People's Revolutionary Alliance(IRPA)
52. Kom Rem People's Convention (KRPC)
53. Chin Kuki Revolutionary Front (CKRF)
54. Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)
55. Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC)
56. People's Liberation Front of Meghalaya (PLF-M)
57. Hajong United Liberation Army (HULA)
58. National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) – NSCN(IM)
59. National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) – NSCN (K)
60. Naga National Council (Adino) – NNC (Adino)
61. Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)
62. Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF)
63. International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)
64. Khalistan Commando Force (KCF)
65. All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF)
66. Bhindala Tigers Force of Khalistan (BTFK)
67. Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA)
68. Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF)
69. Khalistan Armed Force (KAF)
70. Dashmesh Regiment
71. Khalistan Liberation Organisation (KLO)
72. Khalistan National Army (KNA)
73. National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)
74. All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF)
75. Tripura Liberation Organisation Front (TLOF)
76. United Bengali Liberation Front (UBLF)
77. Tripura Tribal Volunteer Force (TTVF)
78. Tripura Armed Tribal Commando Force (TATCF)
79. Tripura Tribal Democratic Force (TTDF)
80. Tripura Tribal Youth Force (TTYF)
81. Tripura Liberation Force (TLF)
82. Tripura Defence Force (TDF)
83. All Tripura Volunteer Force (ATVF)
84. Tribal Commando Force (TCF)
85. Tripura Tribal Youth Force (TTYF)
86. All Tripura Bharat Suraksha Force (ATBSF)
87. Tripura Tribal Action Committee Force (TTACF) Socialist Democratic
88. Front of Tripura (SDFT)
89. All Tripura National Force (ATNF)
90. Tripura Tribal Sengkrak Force (TTSF)
91. Tiger Commando Force (TCF)
92. Tripura Mukti Police (TMP)
93. Tripura Rajya Raksha Bahini (TRRB)
94. Tripura State Volunteers (TSV)
95. Tripura National Democratic Tribal Force (TNDTF)
96. National Militia of Tripura (NMT)
97. All Tripura Bengali Regiment (ATBR)
98. Bangla Mukti Sena (BMS)
99. All Tripura Liberation Organisation (ATLO)
100. Tripura National Army (TNA)
101. Tripura State Volunteers (TSV)
102. Borok National Council of Tripura (BNCT)
103. Mizoram
104. Bru National Liberation Front
105. Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)
106. Arunachal Pradesh
107. Arunachal Dragon Force (ADF)
108. Left-wing Extremist groups
109. People's Guerrilla Army
110. People's War Group
111. Maoist Communist Centre
112. Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)
113. Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Janashaktih
114. Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT)
I never said they were, PEDo.
So then. Why quarantine victims of Ebola but not victims of AIDS? Ebola kills hundreds while AIDS goes on killing millions.
You have not answered my question. You took a simple question and turned it into a dog fight, again, instead of simply answering.
U hindoo raip ists from india
PEDo.
A SAMPLING OF SOME 114 FREEDOM FIGHTING ORGANIZATIONS IN INDIA:
1. National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
2. United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS)
3. Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO)
4. Bodo Liberation Tiger Force (BLTF)
5. Dima Halim Daogah (DHD)
6. Karbi National Volunteers (KNV)
7. Rabha National Security Force (RNSF)
8. Koch-Rajbongshi Liberation Organisation (KRLO)
9. Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)
10. Karbi People's Front (KPF)
11. Tiwa National Revolutionary Force (TNRF)
12. Bircha Commando Force (BCF)
13. Bengali Tiger Force (BTF)
14. Adivasi Security Force (ASF)
15. All Assam Adivasi Suraksha Samiti (AAASS)
16. Gorkha Tiger Force (GTF)
17. Barak Valley Youth Liberation Front (BVYLF)
18. United Liberation Front of Barak Valley
19. United National Liberation Front (UNLF)
20. People's Liberation Army (PLA)
21. People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)
22. The above mentioned three groups now operate from a unified platform,
23. the Manipur People's Liberation Front (MPLF)
24. Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP)
25. Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL)
26. Manipur Liberation Tiger Army (MLTA)
27. Iripak Kanba Lup (IKL)
28. People's Republican Army (PRA)
29. Kangleipak Kanba Kanglup (KKK)
30. Kangleipak Liberation Organisation (KLO)
31. Revolutionary Joint Committee (RJC)
32. National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)
33. People's United Liberation Front (PULF)
34. Kuki National Army (KNA)
35. Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA)
36. Kuki National Organisation (KNO)
37. Kuki Independent Army (KIA)
38. Kuki Defence Force (KDF)
39. Kuki International Force (KIF)
40. Kuki National Volunteers (KNV)
41. Kuki Liberation Front (KLF)
42. Kuki Security Force (KSF)
43. Kuki Liberation Army (KLA)
44. Kuki Revolutionary Front (KRF)
45. United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF)
46. Hmar People's Convention (HPC)
47. Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)
48. Hmar Revolutionary Front (HRF)
49. Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA)
50. Zomi Revolutionary Volunteers (ZRV)
51. Indigenous People's Revolutionary Alliance(IRPA)
52. Kom Rem People's Convention (KRPC)
53. Chin Kuki Revolutionary Front (CKRF)
54. Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)
55. Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC)
56. People's Liberation Front of Meghalaya (PLF-M)
57. Hajong United Liberation Army (HULA)
58. National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) – NSCN(IM)
59. National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) – NSCN (K)
60. Naga National Council (Adino) – NNC (Adino)
61. Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)
62. Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF)
63. International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)
64. Khalistan Commando Force (KCF)
65. All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF)
66. Bhindala Tigers Force of Khalistan (BTFK)
67. Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA)
68. Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF)
69. Khalistan Armed Force (KAF)
70. Dashmesh Regiment
71. Khalistan Liberation Organisation (KLO)
72. Khalistan National Army (KNA)
73. National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)
74. All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF)
75. Tripura Liberation Organisation Front (TLOF)
76. United Bengali Liberation Front (UBLF)
77. Tripura Tribal Volunteer Force (TTVF)
78. Tripura Armed Tribal Commando Force (TATCF)
79. Tripura Tribal Democratic Force (TTDF)
80. Tripura Tribal Youth Force (TTYF)
81. Tripura Liberation Force (TLF)
82. Tripura Defence Force (TDF)
83. All Tripura Volunteer Force (ATVF)
84. Tribal Commando Force (TCF)
85. Tripura Tribal Youth Force (TTYF)
86. All Tripura Bharat Suraksha Force (ATBSF)
87. Tripura Tribal Action Committee Force (TTACF) Socialist Democratic
88. Front of Tripura (SDFT)
89. All Tripura National Force (ATNF)
90. Tripura Tribal Sengkrak Force (TTSF)
91. Tiger Commando Force (TCF)
92. Tripura Mukti Police (TMP)
93. Tripura Rajya Raksha Bahini (TRRB)
94. Tripura State Volunteers (TSV)
95. Tripura National Democratic Tribal Force (TNDTF)
96. National Militia of Tripura (NMT)
97. All Tripura Bengali Regiment (ATBR)
98. Bangla Mukti Sena (BMS)
99. All Tripura Liberation Organisation (ATLO)
100. Tripura National Army (TNA)
101. Tripura State Volunteers (TSV)
102. Borok National Council of Tripura (BNCT)
103. Mizoram
104. Bru National Liberation Front
105. Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)
106. Arunachal Pradesh
107. Arunachal Dragon Force (ADF)
108. Left-wing Extremist groups
109. People's Guerrilla Army
110. People's War Group
111. Maoist Communist Centre
112. Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)
113. Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Janashaktih
114. Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT)
If I were Sarah Palin I'd stick my hand in a garbage disposal.
115. United Boy Scouts of India. (UBI)
@ philip you didnt have a post at 8:44 last nite. And @ better tomorrow, THIS is the only name i post under! @ CNN would you PLEASE check this out and make a public announcement on this forum on your findings??? You have always been my favorite news source even before the blogs but this place is out of control now and i would like to have it known publicly that it is NOT I that has been jacking everyones names. And i would also like you to publish the REAL perpetrators name!!!! Thank you in advance!