Is American Innovation Losing Its Shine?

Is American Innovation Losing Its Shine? 625

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday November 13, 2011 @12:43PM from the everything-used-to-be-better dept.

kenekaplan writes "American ingenuity and innovation, the twin engine of the country's economy since World War II, is in danger of losing steam and job growth potential if federal legislators allow 'automatic' spending cuts to kick in next year rather than earmarking federal funds to advance education, research and manufacturing, according Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield."

Is American Innovation Losing Its Shine?

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Re:Has Slashdot ... (Score:5, Funny)

by obarel ( 670863 ) writes: on Sunday November 13, 2011 @01:19PM (#38041712)

Do you even know what a rhetorical question is?
Joking, joking...

Whatever would we do... (Score:5, Funny)

by sconeu ( 64226 ) writes: on Sunday November 13, 2011 @01:43PM (#38041896) Homepage Journal

What would we do without rhetorical questions?

Re:not in the upbringing (Score:4, Funny)

by MisterSquid ( 231834 ) writes: on Sunday November 13, 2011 @04:48PM (#38043068)

Find a way to make Nerds/Geeks Cool.
Federally fund free sex for Nerds/Geeks.

Didn't that already happen when DARPA funded the Internet?

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