The United States may be falling behind on innovation, but bold, decisive action can restore our scientific and technological leadership. Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google Vinton Cerf, writing in Science Progress on the Sputnik anniversary said:
As we look to solve global problems we need to take a more imaginative, less adversarial approach to generating the products and arrangements that will make for a more livable planet … it is time for scientists, technology leaders, financiers and public policymakers to take the same kind of concrete, swift steps embraced by our country 50 years ago—steps that can result in a new flourishing of creativity and ingenuity emblematic of great scientific endeavors.http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/03/bill-gates-testifies-on-innovation/
