This is a good time to remember that without immigration the US will only have 5% of the top people in each field. http://paulgraham.com/95.html
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That's the basis of the idea that if you have x% of the population, (100 - x)% of the best people will be born elsewhere.
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how wise is it to geographically concentrate bright people in a single place? Wouldn't the more distributed brightness be beneficial?
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if you look at human history, great things happened whenever brightness was concentrated. Da Vinci's Florence, etc
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true, but if brightness is not an intrinsic characteristic, but is somewhat "contagious" concentrating it may be a bad idea
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I do appreciate that perspective as well; I think ultimately the bright folks should be allowed to choose for themselves
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that way they're free either to contribute to the global cutting edge, or raise standards back home - whichever they prefer
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I think doing the former contributes to the latter. Stories of local heroes on global stage = inspiring to all. True for SG
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I think there are more choices. Thinking about going where we are most needed.
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my concern with this approach is that it adversely impacts a ready potential + diverse talent pool right here that has been ignored.
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Paul ok I think this is a much longer and deeper conversation in that essay was used to support a focus on immigration for US tech
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