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We will never know the whole truth as that specific culture typically bend the facts and there are little to no proofs of the claims. During soviet era the narrative was that Russian scientists (soviet elites always preferred Russia over other republics) are behind most of human scientific advantages and others simply steal from them.
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The US, although much less so recently. China, with heavy state subsidies, has also proven to be pretty effective. Interestingly, it hasn't had to embrace immigration because it has over a billion people.
Do Chinas state subsidies encourage innovation? This story is a great example of the system taking a brilliant person, and stomping their opportunity down because they were from the wrong class. But replace class with whatever you like.
Infrastructure Education Political stability
Individuals will do the rest.
As we know the CCP-for all it's faults- has provided all of the above.
We will never know the whole truth as that specific culture typically bend the facts and there are little to no proofs of the claims. During soviet era the narrative was that Russian scientists (soviet elites always preferred Russia over other republics) are behind most of human scientific advantages and others simply steal from them.
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Do Chinas state subsidies encourage innovation? This story is a great example of the system taking a brilliant person, and stomping their opportunity down because they were from the wrong class. But replace class with whatever you like.
They do actually. There’s a fair bit of critique you can level at the system from a country-wide economic perspective and especially from a world-trade perspective, but they did manage to get a system in place where a central government can influence both the area and speed of innovation. The main thing they do is stack the market to be very favourable for a given industry and then have extreme competition between th…
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Do Chinas state subsidies encourage innovation? This story is a great example of the system taking a brilliant person, and stomping their opportunity down because they were from the wrong class. But replace class with whatever you like.
The only thing the state needs to do is Infrastructure Education Political stability Individuals will do the rest. As we know the CCP-for all it's faults- has provided all of the above.
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Do Chinas state subsidies encourage innovation? This story is a great example of the system taking a brilliant person, and stomping their opportunity down because they were from the wrong class. But replace class with whatever you like.
They not only encourage innovation but also cross-pollination too. So say you discovered some minor technology, they'll even help you connect with other folks who work in the space, potentially combine the innovations together to create a new final product that can actually be licensed to OEMs. Where I find China lacking is in creativity and imagination. Yes, there are some changes in that front happening, but you'll…
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The US, although much less so recently. China, with heavy state subsidies, has also proven to be pretty effective. Interestingly, it hasn't had to embrace immigration because it has over a billion people.
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They not only encourage innovation but also cross-pollination too. So say you discovered some minor technology, they'll even help you connect with other folks who work in the space, potentially combine the innovations together to create a new final product that can actually be licensed to OEMs. Where I find China lacking is in creativity and imagination. Yes, there are some changes in that front happening, but you'll…
Dictatorships are always more efficient in the short run.
The early discovery of light emission from silicon carbide long before the first LEDs is a very interesting finding, worth pointing out. But alas, as ever so often, the article turns this into a hyperbole. The premise from the title does not check out at all. >The Russian who invented semiconductors 25 years before the USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor#Early_history_of...
has quite a bit on it checking out:
> He used these junctions to build solid-state versions of amplifiers, oscillators, and TRF and regenerative radio receivers, at frequencies up to 5 MHz, 25 years before the transistor. He even built a superheterodyne receiver.
That one calls them "negative resistance diodes" but I don't see how you can make a functional solid state amplifier and the like without it being a transistor.
Maybe Wikipedia needs some edits.
The early discovery of light emission from silicon carbide long before the first LEDs is a very interesting finding, worth pointing out. But alas, as ever so often, the article turns this into a hyperbole. The premise from the title does not check out at all. >The Russian who invented semiconductors 25 years before the USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor#Early_history_of...
I probably over exaggerated there. But it does seem he was earlier than the team that’s been given credit for it, no?
Yeah, that pattern can be seen everywhere in semiconductors. E.g. the transistor invention vs. Lilienfeld, Heil, Matare etc. So the scope is more narrow than "Inventend Semiconductors".
Generally, there seems to be a tendency to disregard discoveries from outside the US. I think this pattern can still be observed today...
Other examples: Invention of light bulb, telephone.