alt Hacker News> look at where almost all technological innovation has happened in the last 50 years
I take this to mean:
1) Communism obliterated the Soviet Union's ability to fund science (or anything else for that matter)
2) The people driving science forward in the West are educated some other way than strictly according to a "Common Core" quality curriculumReplies
SoftTalker • yesterday at 4:03 PM
> The people driving science forward in the West are educated some other way than strictly according to a "Common Core"
And they always have been, in addition to just being more intelligent, curious, and motivated than average.
konart • yesterday at 3:49 PM
> ability to fund science
More like "commercialize" rather then fund.
asveikau • yesterday at 3:51 PM
Technological innovation on both sides of the iron curtain happened due to public investment. If you doubt the US role in this, I'll remind that silicon valley and many of its key accomplishments are outgrowths of military spending.
No government spending, no nice things.
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your first point is (very) historically inaccurate, on the contrary the Soviet Union heavily funded science and research, which led them to a whole bunch of scientific breakthroughs