Staying competitive in the United States
The New York Times article on US competitive proficiency in science and engineering is worth just quoting in its entirety. Even though Chinese outnumber Americans only 4 times in population size, Chinese schoolkids outnumber American high school students 120 times participating in Intel’s science fair. Which brings up a problem of where the innovation will come from in the near future, and according to the author, the top management at Silicon Valley firms is on red alert.
Mark Anderson constantly keeps asking on what would happen if you would see the mergers/collaboration projects started between Chinese/Taiwanese hardware manufacturers and Indian software companies. The answer in Silicon Valley and other high tech hot spot area is generally a somewhat worried look and inability to provide a good answer.