Taiwan's Tech King to Nancy Pelosi: U.S. Is in Over Its Head - - Politico

He found it surprising—and frightening—that technological progress was not inevitable. It could stop. It could even backslide.

John MacWilliams had enjoyed success in the free market that the employees of the Heritage Foundation might only fantasize about, but he had a far less Panglossian view of its inner workings. “Government has always played a major role in innovation,” he said. “All the way back to the founding of the country. Early-stage innovation in most industrie

In a sad irony, anti-chemical regulations promoted by the universities have ended up banishing silicon chip foundries from Silicon Valley, and the chip industry has largely moved to China and Israel.