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Around the world vast amounts of talent go to waste. Economists speak of “lost Einsteins” who might have produced transformative work had they been identified and nurtured. Nowhere are the consequences clearer than in AI, where the scarcity of top researchers allows a tiny cadre to command CEO-level pay. Governments that lavish billions on semiconductors to win the AI race neglect the talent that drives progress. Brains, treated with the same urgency as chips, could prove a better longer-term investment. What might an industrial policy for talent look like?
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Some 90% of the world’s young live in developing countries, yet Nobel prizes overwhelmingly go to America, Europe and Japan. According to Paul Novosad of Dartmouth College and co-authors, the average laureate is born in the 95th percentile of global income. Although some disparity is to be expected, the scale suggests much talent does not have a chance to flourish.
Ο Economist) γράφει για το πώς τα ταλέντα χρειάζονται το κατάλληλο περιβάλλον για να εξελιχθούν και να αναδειχθούν. Μου έκανε εντύπωση το παράδειγμα της Σιγκαπούρης:
Singapore has had more recent success grooming talent for its bureaucracy. National exams feed into a scholarship system run by the Public Service Commission, which sends students abroad to elite universities in exchange for years of civil-service work.
Παράλληλα εμείς ανησυχούμε να κατεβάζουμε το ταβάνι - μπρος-πίσω με τα πειραματικά σχολεία, δεν υπάρχουν ταχύρρυθμες τάξεις για τους πιο ικανούς μαθητές - αντί να προσπαθούμε να σηκώσουμε το δάπεδο.