"Note that they are overwhelmingly either American or working in
America. Why America? Gringos are no smarter than Europeans, Chinese,
Japanese, or Koreans. The countries of all of the foregoing countries
run huge high-tech companies, but their college kids don’t think, “Geez,
I’m bored. I guess I’ll start Dell Computer, or Facebook, or maybe
Microsoft. Beats doing a doob.” Certain thoughts seem embedded in
American culture: “Why not?” “Who says I can’t?” “Bet me.” “Let’s wing
it and see what happens.” It is not Mexico. Or much of anywhere else."
-Fred Reed
If only we can keep that spirit alive...
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