Immigration is the engine of the United State's continuing advantage in innovation.

· Bits and Bobs 7/14/25
  • Immigration is the engine of the United State's continuing advantage in innovation.
    • A small consistent bias over noisy data of high gumption people who decide to emigrate.
      • Emigrating is a hard thing to break out of the status quo, it requires volition.
    • People know that if they come here and succeed they can be accepted as truly American, not American with an asterisk.
    • It's the best place for high potential people to try their hand at striving for the top.
    • That asymmetry gives a massive advantage to the US.
    • We're currently breaking that engine.[fk]
    • It will be years before it's obvious what we've lost.

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