The age of mass innovation

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Post by davidw » Fri, Oct 12, 2007, 5:33 PM UTC

The age of mass innovation
economist.com

Re: The age of mass innovation

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Post by brianfrank » Fri, Oct 12, 2007, 6:29 PM UTC

What do you think might happen if the federal government tried to implement a centralized innovation initiative?: Would it be a joke? a moderate success? a non-entitiy? or could it even be counter-productive?

Re: The age of mass innovation

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Post by david » Fri, Oct 12, 2007, 11:23 PM UTC

brianfrank wrote: post #2

What do you think might happen if the federal government tried to implement a centralized innovation initiative?: Would it be a joke? a moderate success? a non-entitiy? or could it even be counter-productive?

If modern art is any indication, it would be mostly a joke/counter-productive, with a few successes.

Re: The age of mass innovation

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Post by uuilly » Fri, Oct 12, 2007, 11:51 PM UTC

The economist has a special report on innovation this week. There are 8 articles similar to this one and as of now none are subscription only:

see upper right: http://www.economist.com/printedition/

Re: The age of mass innovation

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Post by chaostheory » Sat, Oct 13, 2007, 4:08 AM UTC

brianfrank wrote: post #2

What do you think might happen if the federal government tried to implement a centralized innovation initiative?: Would it be a joke? a moderate success? a non-entitiy? or could it even be counter-productive?

well to me it's called patent reform...