Comments on: Will Asia’s New Giants Change the Global Innovation Map? http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/09/01/will-asia%e2%80%99s-new-giants-change-the-global-innovation-map/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/09/01/will-asia%e2%80%99s-new-giants-change-the-global-innovation-map/comment-page-1/#comment-5493 Robert Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:31:54 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=2861#comment-5493 Well, based on the number of Indian and Chinese engineers and scientists that work for American companies and whose work is probably counted incorrectly as American patents I would say India and China are on par with America in high technology. The American industry for the past 20 years or so have been driven by Indian and Chinese engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs. The bottom line is that when these Indian and Chinese engineers return to India and China to work and start their own companies as they are doing now then America will have no technological lead since white Americans generally shun math, science, and technology fields. Well, based on the number of Indian and Chinese engineers and scientists that work for American companies and whose work is probably counted incorrectly as American patents I would say India and China are on par with America in high technology. The American industry for the past 20 years or so have been driven by Indian and Chinese engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs. The bottom line is that when these Indian and Chinese engineers return to India and China to work and start their own companies as they are doing now then America will have no technological lead since white Americans generally shun math, science, and technology fields.

]]> By: Martin http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/09/01/will-asia%e2%80%99s-new-giants-change-the-global-innovation-map/comment-page-1/#comment-5404 Martin Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:42:23 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=2861#comment-5404 Hi Elizabeth, I agree that many of these patents are probably relatively low tech. In the next couple of days I will post some further breakdowns. I don't think there is anyone any longer that doubts that some of the Japanese patents are of the highest quality. In many fields, autos, elevators, high-speed trains, flat panel displays, etc. the Japanese are far, far ahead of the US...Notice I said in many not all! The Taiwanese and Koreans are starting to get some relatively high-quality patents. Again trailing the Japanese by 20 years. What if the Chinese and Indians are trailing them by about 20 years. That means 20-30 years from now our children and students will be facing ferocious competition. If you believe as I do that the US in particular has an ever deteriorating school system and that the desire among our students (and possibly those in other developed nations is not as great as it once was), the lead may be disappear even more quickly. Regardless thanks for the comment, there is plenty of room for debate -- and debate itself might help us identify what we need to do. I think nearly all of us believe we need to act (and I might say Canada certainly seems more aware and active than the US). Hi Elizabeth,

I agree that many of these patents are probably relatively low tech. In the next couple of days I will post some further breakdowns. I don’t think there is anyone any longer that doubts that some of the Japanese patents are of the highest quality. In many fields, autos, elevators, high-speed trains, flat panel displays, etc. the Japanese are far, far ahead of the US…Notice I said in many not all!

The Taiwanese and Koreans are starting to get some relatively high-quality patents. Again trailing the Japanese by 20 years. What if the Chinese and Indians are trailing them by about 20 years. That means 20-30 years from now our children and students will be facing ferocious competition.

If you believe as I do that the US in particular has an ever deteriorating school system and that the desire among our students (and possibly those in other developed nations is not as great as it once was), the lead may be disappear even more quickly.

Regardless thanks for the comment, there is plenty of room for debate — and debate itself might help us identify what we need to do. I think nearly all of us believe we need to act (and I might say Canada certainly seems more aware and active than the US).

]]> By: Elizabeth M http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/09/01/will-asia%e2%80%99s-new-giants-change-the-global-innovation-map/comment-page-1/#comment-5400 Elizabeth M Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:38:47 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=2861#comment-5400 I think I'd want more info about what kind of patents these countries are applying for... in some ways I would say the U.S. can't be beat (say, technology), but in other fields some folks might be able to pull ahead. I think I’d want more info about what kind of patents these countries are applying for… in some ways I would say the U.S. can’t be beat (say, technology), but in other fields some folks might be able to pull ahead.

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