Tip O'Neill pointed out that "all politics is local." To some extent, innovation is also a local phenomenon.
Living in a place as innovation-friendly as Silicon Valley or the U.S. as a whole, it's easy to overlook the important role that society, government, and culture play in creating a supportive stage for innovators to do their thing.
In this insightful post titled Public Floggings, Joi Ito uses the Horie/Life Door drama unfolding in Tokyo to show us how easy it is to discourage innovation at the societal level.
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