Forbes June 27, 2019
There are a number of things – like Social Security, Medicare, healthcare, education and national defense – that require federal involvement – and digital technology is one of them. Not that the federal government ignores technology. Some would argue there’s already too much government “interference” with the technology markets and more than enough funding of technology initiatives. The call here is for an aggressively expanded federal agenda.
Please, let’s not start another “big government” argument here. Let’s just acknowledge that the current US technology investment strategy is failing: the US ranks #25 in the world in R&D tax credits, has fallen out of the top ten in global innovation, is losing the AI arms race, is experiencing falling rankings...