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Original post by enjoi5o50 i think the world leader in technology is China...am i right?

Do you have any examples that make you think that?

Besides, what criteria do you use to determine who the "leader in technology" is? What does that phrase mean to you? Because it might mean different things to different people. Does it mean largest manufacturer of any technological item, in terms of units, weight, volume, number of models? Does it depend on how advanced the technology is, and how do you determine what is advanced? Does it depend more on research rather than manufacturing? Or on what consumers actually buy, rather than what is produced?

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no. i have just heard it on the news and places like that. i did read it on a website i believe, but i cant remember what website it was. sorry. but i know there is like statistics, facts, or something out there that say what the leader in technology is. i have tryed to look that up(who the leader in technology is), but i have not been able to find anything that is what i am looking for.

The term technology is too broad.
Military/weapon technology?
Medical technology?
Data storage technology?
The list is almost endless.

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Original post by Agony Besides, what criteria do you use to determine who the "leader in technology" is? What does that phrase mean to you? Because it might mean different things to different people. Does it mean largest manufacturer of any technological item, in terms of units, weight, volume, number of models? Does it depend on how advanced the technology is, and how do you determine what is advanced? Does it depend more on research rather than manufacturing? Or on what consumers actually buy, rather than what is produced?

i mean research, manafacturing, and how advanced the technology is(by advanced i mean the newest and best)...but this shouldnt really matter because there is sites and books that say "[The Country] is the leader in technology." i just have not had any luck finding such sites or books like this. so that is why i was wondering if anyone knows who the "leader in technology" is...?

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Original post by Wolfmanyoda The term technology is too broad. Military/weapon technology? Medical technology? Data storage technology? The list is almost endless.

but when i say "technology" i mean technology in genearal. not just a certain type of technology.

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Original post by enjoi5o50 Quote: Original post by Agony Besides, what criteria do you use to determine who the "leader in technology" is? What does that phrase mean to you? Because it might mean different things to different people. Does it mean largest manufacturer of any technological item, in terms of units, weight, volume, number of models? Does it depend on how advanced the technology is, and how do you determine what is advanced? Does it depend more on research rather than manufacturing? Or on what consumers actually buy, rather than what is produced? i mean research, manafacturing, and how advanced the technology is(by advanced i mean the newest and best)...but this shouldnt really matter because there is sites and books that say "[The Country] is the leader in technology." i just have not had any luck finding such sites or books like this. so that is why i was wondering if anyone knows who the "leader in technology" is...?

You can't state flatly "the leader in all technology". It's not a quantitative value. If you considered marketable technology, then it might be the States. Mass production, maybe the Chinese. Scientific research, who knows?

What's your quantitative rubric? Amount of money made? Cost to build devices? Amount of maple syrup harvested per 1000 trees?

And... technology means more than just electronics. It could just be a technique for harvesting leaves more effectively from trees, which means that giraffes could damn well have us beat on this front.

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Original post by Ravuya Quote: Original post by enjoi5o50 Quote: Original post by Agony Besides, what criteria do you use to determine who the "leader in technology" is? What does that phrase mean to you? Because it might mean different things to different people. Does it mean largest manufacturer of any technological item, in terms of units, weight, volume, number of models? Does it depend on how advanced the technology is, and how do you determine what is advanced? Does it depend more on research rather than manufacturing? Or on what consumers actually buy, rather than what is produced? i mean research, manafacturing, and how advanced the technology is(by advanced i mean the newest and best)...but this shouldnt really matter because there is sites and books that say "[The Country] is the leader in technology." i just have not had any luck finding such sites or books like this. so that is why i was wondering if anyone knows who the "leader in technology" is...? You can't state flatly "the leader in all technology". It's not a quantitative value. If you considered marketable technology, then it might be the States. Mass production, maybe the Chinese. Scientific research, who knows? What's your quantitative rubric? Amount of money made? Cost to build devices? Amount of maple syrup harvested per 1000 trees? And... technology means more than just electronics. It could just be a technique for harvesting leaves more effectively from trees, which means that giraffes could damn well have us beat on this front.

ok. i am talking about like electronic technology(video games, computers, etc., etc.). and in what way i am talking about how advanced there technology is(by advanced i mean newest, the technoogy out-runs other technology, things like that), how much research they have done in the "electronic technology" field, and maybe a little bit of how much they manufacture. does that help? anymore questions just ask...

My uneducated guess would be the US, followed by Japan. I get the impression that China is developing by leaps and bounds, but they're still on the catch-up phase. As for European nations such as the UK, France, or Germany, I'm guessing that they're similar to the US relative to their economic size, but are also thus a bit "behind", in that less money getting thrown into research/production in general means less results. Per GDP or something like that, they might actually excel. But then, if you measure it that way, I wouldn't be surprised if some other smaller nation ended up being the leader.

Regardless of all that, I do think that the status of the "technology leader" is going to be somewhat unpredictable during the coming few decades. If in fact the US is the current leader, I think that there are ample opportunities for that to change soon enough.

having a hobby interest in robots... I'll say that Japan is the/a leader of robotics technology. Mostly out of necessity due to tight imigration laws and requiring additional / competitive labor.

As for other sectors of advancing technology, I can't really say with any authority. From reading various news on new discoveries and what not, it seems spread out throughout the developed world.

If you mean, as nations adopting technology.... Besides the United States, I've mostly travelled to underdeveloped nations. I hear that Singapore is rather technologically marvelous though.

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Original post by Agony My uneducated guess would be the US, followed by Japan. I get the impression that China is developing by leaps and bounds, but they're still on the catch-up phase. As for European nations such as the UK, France, or Germany, I'm guessing that they're similar to the US relative to their economic size, but are also thus a bit "behind", in that less money getting thrown into research/production in general means less results. Per GDP or something like that, they might actually excel. But then, if you measure it that way, I wouldn't be surprised if some other smaller nation ended up being the leader. Regardless of all that, I do think that the status of the "technology leader" is going to be somewhat unpredictable during the coming few decades. If in fact the US is the current leader, I think that there are ample opportunities for that to change soon enough.

in terms of GDP the EU(European Union) is ranked number 1.

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Original post by enjoi5o50 ok. i am talking about like electronic technology(video games, computers, etc., etc.). and in what way i am talking about how advanced there technology is(by advanced i mean newest, the technoogy out-runs other technology, things like that), how much research they have done in the "electronic technology" field, and maybe a little bit of how much they manufacture. does that help? anymore questions just ask...

Everybody has the same technology. You can get an XBox 360 everywhere, you can't get a PS3 anywhere, and toasters burn your bread. Even in terms of R&D it's not a cut-and-dried distinction, given that the companies financing the R&D are multinational conglomerates. At this point, things like steel and diamonds can be quite easily localized to a country, whereas science, technology, and other forms of knowledge are as decentralized as they are intangible.

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Original post by Agony My uneducated guess would be the US, followed by Japan. I get the impression that China is developing by leaps and bounds, but they're still on the catch-up phase. As for European nations such as the UK, France, or Germany, I'm guessing that they're similar to the US relative to their economic size, but are also thus a bit "behind", in that less money getting thrown into research/production in general means less results. Per GDP or something like that, they might actually excel. But then, if you measure it that way, I wouldn't be surprised if some other smaller nation ended up being the leader. Regardless of all that, I do think that the status of the "technology leader" is going to be somewhat unpredictable during the coming few decades. If in fact the US is the current leader, I think that there are ample opportunities for that to change soon enough.

* sorry if i already posted this but GDnet keeps taking me to my reply page so i had to reply...



In GDP the EU(European Union) is ranked number 1.