Is the US Still Leading the World In Information Tech?

http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Information%20Technology%20Report/index.htm ^

[street_lawyer]

Is the recently posted article entitled  US regains top ranking for technology (US is number 1 in Information Technology) the last word on this subject?

Well, it used to be the United States, but now six other nations are ahead of us, according to the Geneva-based World Economic Forum’s 2006-07 Networked Readiness Index. Our entrepreneurs aren’t the problem; it’s the deteriorating political and regulatory environment around them. Thanks to governments that work better with their private innovators, countries like Singapore, Denmark and Finland are better able to exploit emerging technologies and remain in the top five year after year.

See: The Global Information Technology Report 2006-2007
For the first time, Denmark tops the rankings of The Global Information Technology Report 2006-2007’s "Networked Readiness Index", as a culmination of an upward trend since 2003. Denmark’s outstanding levels of networked readiness have to do with the country’s excellent regulatory environment, coupled with a clear government leadership and vision in leveraging ICT for growth and promoting ICT penetration and usage.
Press release I Rankings (PDF or excel) I Photos I Contents I Preface I Executive Summary

 

 

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

correct link

http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Information%20Technology%20Report/index.htm

This report is plain stupid.

[glorgau]

Fear the Danish IT colossus!

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

Here is a look into the mind of the guy that seems to be at the center of this.....
http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0134.html?printable=1

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

I didn't see Kurzweil mentioned anywhere in it?

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

there are only 2 footnotes to the exec summary....

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gitr/summary2007.pdf

[Wonder Warthog]

"This report is plain stupid."

I have to agree. The ONLY facet of technology this thing focuses on is how "networked" a country is. It's really easy to implement network technology in countries the size of a postage stamp with only a couple million inhabitants--mostly in urban areas.

The report is asinine in the extreme. Technological prowess involves a heck of a lot more than implementing "high-speed internet".

[Wonder Warthog]

"I didn't see Kurzweil mentioned anywhere in it?"

Second sentence of the "Executive Summary".

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

10:1 that this clown is good buddies with Mark Ssssssshuttleworth, the Crown Clown of Ubuntu....

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

"I question the judgment of anyone who would buy a Ford product. At least he didn't buy a Ford car."

Doh :)

[American in Singapore]

It's really easy to implement network technology in countries the size of a postage stamp with only a couple million inhabitants--mostly in urban areas.

Great point you make and I wonder if any journalists or who publishes this stuff ever does any basic research.

I read awhile back that countries (or city/states, in the case of Singapore) with 5 to 10 million population are ideal size to get things done. It makes sense to me. And so if the U.S. "falls" to 7 or 8 place doesn't really mean anything, and it's not worth getting huffed and puffed up about. But maybe there's truth to the argument that people get more done in miserable weather cuz they have to stay inside all the time. If so, I don't want to be a part of it.