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Is the U.S. too big to innovate? | CNBC Explains
Is the U.S. too big to innovate? | CNBC Explains
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The U.S. is home to many of
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the world's most valuable companies.
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It's often thought of
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as the land of opportunity
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for anyone with a big vision.
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It's been home to cutting-edge inventions like
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the light bulb,
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the airplane,
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the iPhone,
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but when it comes to its infrastructure
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a different story is slowly unfolding.
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The top 10 fastest train systems in the world:
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None are in the U.S.
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The world's tallest buildings:
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The U.S. doesn't even make top 5,
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and the 7 longest bridges in the world:
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They're all in Asia.
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Let's rewind and remember what historically
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made the U.S. ahead of its time.
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First, the bridges.
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The Brooklyn Bridge was the first steel wire
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suspension bridge ever constructed.
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When it first opened it was the longest
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suspension bridge in the world.
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In fact, it was twice as long as
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any other of its time and
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built to sustain an unprecedented
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amount of weight.
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The Golden Gate Bridge,
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well it opened in 1937,
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and for a few years it was the world's
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largest suspension bridge span.
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Then there's the skyscrapers.
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The Empire State Building was the world's
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tallest building for almost 40 years.
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It was surpassed by the
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World Trade Center's North Tower,
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soon after it was taken over
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by Chicago's Sears Tower.
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The public transit systems.
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More than 1,000 miles of
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train tracks connected many
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different parts of Los Angeles
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and for a time it was even
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recognized as the best public
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transportation system on the planet.
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And even irrigation.
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Los Angeles created a 233 mile
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water duct back in 1913,
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and at the time,
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it would come to be known as
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the world's largest water project in history.
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And even though the city's population
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was only 300,000 at the time
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the system could supply enough water
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for a population of several million,
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which ultimately would come to enable
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the region's explosive growth
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that was soon to come.
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Fast forward to today,
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many of these titles
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have not only been dethroned,
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but some cities are in need of major help.
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In fact, an 800 million emergency rescue plan
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was recently approved for New York City's
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troubled subway system.
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Just take a look at the
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World Economic Forum's list of countries
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with the best infrastructure,
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which judged economies based on their
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transport system, power,
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and communications networks.
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The U.S. doesn't even make the top 10.
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The top 3: Hong Kong,
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Singapore and the Netherlands.
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Now imagine for a second that a country
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was like a company.
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Even with massive revenues,
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a big company often has a harder
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time innovating than say, a start-up.
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A corporation's goal after all
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is to maximize profits while minimizing risks,
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but if a company isn't able to innovate,
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you could end up with a Blockbuster or Kodak,
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both of which dominated their industries
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until the lack of ability to adapt
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meant they would come to fail.
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Take even a relatively new company,
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like Facebook.
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A large portion of its innovation
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is coming through acquisitions
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of companies including
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Instagram,
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WhatsApp,
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and Oculus.
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Now many of the locations
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leading the way in infrastructure
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are building smart cities
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and they tend to be smaller.
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Think the United Arab Emirates' Dubai,
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and city-state Singapore.
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The population of the United States
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is 323.1 million.
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It has an extensive layer of government,
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including county, local, state,
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federal governments, and many agencies.
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Now of course many of the world's
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most ambitious ideas are
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coming out of the U.S.
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But ideation and execution are
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two different things.
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Take for instance Elon Musk's Hyperloop.
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The first proposed Hyperloop was between
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here in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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The 2013 proposal would
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take a five hour drive
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and turn it into about a
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35 minute ride on a high-speed rail.
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But a few years after that initial proposal,
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the first Hyperloop isn't likely to be here.
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But instead it likely could launch in
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the UAE in 2020,
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connecting Dubai and Abu Dhabi,
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home of titles like,
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the world's tallest building
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and the world's largest indoor theme park.
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So if innovation tends to come
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from a nimble team, company,
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and even country,
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is the United States just too big to innovate?
