The latter two symbolizes the waning of American public and private technological pre-eminence, respectively.

FORBES: The locus of innovation has shifted away from the U.S.

Its antecedents lie in pre-war periods of technological innovation.

ECONOMIST: In due course it will stop. Until then, one stands in awe

Governments may be good at certain things that advance technology, such as the peer-reviewed funding of basic research and pre-commercial development (including demonstrations of proof-of-concept), but they are rarely leaders in technological innovation.

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