Moderator, CNN host Candy Crowley, asked a great question during Tuesday night’s presidential debate: “iPad, the Macs, the iPhones, they are all manufactured in China. One of the major reasons is labor is so much cheaper here. How do you convince a great American company to bring that manufacturing back here?”
It was clear, based on the candidates’ responses, that neither of them had a clue.
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Is the Axis of Evil a thing of the past? In his latest post, Dominic Basulto outlines how the axis of evil appears to have been replaced by Networks of Evil: the technology regimes such as those in Syria and Iran use to oppress, intimidate and surveil their people.
Surely, there must be a way to reform the primary election calendar and truly super-size Super Tuesday?
In America, writes Wadhwa, the ability to disagree with one’s government is not only the cornerstone of the nation’s political landscape, it is also one of the leading reasons America has acquired and maintained an edge in innovation.
I don’t endorse Gingrich’s often-extreme views. But on this issue, I believe he is right. Gingrich is doing something rare in politics: He’s thinking outside of the box, and this type of thinking is what is needed to get the U.S. back on track….
The SOPA and PIPA reaction shows social media has become a powerful force for change not just in Egypt and Tunisia but also right here in America.
The 2012 election campaign is about to get a lot more personal, at least if Google has any say in it.
Code is becoming the new lingua franca of Web activists around the nation, powering Anonymous-style movements against politicians and the status quo. In the process, programmers and coders are helping to create a new power base within the electorate. If you can code, you can launch new movements, upend traditional campaign dynamics and pressure candidates in a low-cost, high-tech and highly effective way.
Does this mean computer programmers and coding experts are the new political elite?
CHINA, RUSSIA AND THE DIGITAL SPY GAME | Is the U.S. now engaging in a similar game of cat-and-mouse with the Chinese, this time played out on the periphery of the Internet?
Washington Post Editor Emi Kolawole spoke with George Anders, reporter, editor and author of “The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else,” as part of our Five Questions series on innovation about how to identify talent in some of the more pressing areas of the global economy and society.
