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The New York Times has a story that delves into a conundrum faced by Europeans: Why are there few, if any, technology companies from Europe with the size and reach of American tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Apple?
The article hypothesizes that, even though employment regulations and other business and legal factors play a role, it's actually deeply-embedded cultural differences that are the primary cause, citing less aversion to risk-taking, less stigma from business failures such as bankruptcies, little or no stigma from leaving and rejoining a company which is seen as disloyal in European cultures, more acceptance of disruptive innovation, and a less rigid educational system that allows individuals to find their own form of success.
(Considering the many indications that US schools now train for tests, not knowledge, perhaps alternatives to school are more attractive.)
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by VortexCortex on Sunday June 21 2015, @09:32PM
Since it already exists and it serves europeans too, there is no incentive to create a competing copy.
The life forms that adopt monocultures quickly go extinct (and why sexes are even a thing). Diversification is good for a stable ecology. Competition also breeds new adaptations. Not everyone can afford to travel to a Tech Mecca to do such work, so it would probably be beneficial to foster centers of innovation around the world. Better to tap into the minds of the many vs relying on the few. I apologize if I sound patronizing but you did ask, "Why?"