Have you ever considered that part of the reason your country is like that is because of the government's poor fiscal position? If the US stops spending on science because they have to service debt, innovation might evaporate.

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ergocoder 9 hours ago | parent [-]

I am sure my country's economy sucks.

But then nobody really screams apocalypse. But, in US, people are so alarmed about US' economy collapsing.

	▲	disgruntledphd2 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> But, in US, people are so alarmed about US' economy collapsing. It's more than US Treasuries (debt) are the safe asset upon which all other assets are priced. If they go mental, then lots of assumptions break and the machines will create a financial crisis for us (humans too, but the machines will start it).