How to Exploit the Power of Diverse Minds
A good idea can be powerful. Many of them, in a network of diverse minds, can be more powerful still
State of the World's Science 2013The growing connectedness of the world and the rising contribution of scientists and engineers from all continents have broadened the possibilities for human creativity »September 19, 2013
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In Brief
- Big corporations used to midwife good ideas from the research laboratory to the marketplace, but in the future that task will increasingly fall to a partnership of governments, commercial firms and universities.
- To get different nations and institutions collaborating effectively on generating new technologies, we need new rules.
- China is a rising star when it comes to innovation, but a closer look reveals that much of that work takes place in the labs of multinational corporations operating on Chinese soil.
- Even though nations may differ in their levels of technological output, it is possible to compare how efficient they are at exploiting scientific research.
- Mexico has difficulty translating its vibrant research into commercial technology, but the current government is trying to change that, in part by luring expat scientists back home.
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Many of us think of invention as something that springs from an individual mind. It's a romantic view, but it bears little relation to the creative process behind the technologies that are shaping our world. That process is increasingly collaborative—not so much a single lightbulb going off in someone's head as many lightbulbs in a social network of diverse minds. The growing connectedness of the world and the rising contribution of scientists and engineers from all continents have broadened the possibilities for human creativity. This special section celebrates these developments and reports on some of the challenges they present.
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