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发帖数: 1034 | 1 December 26, 2014 12:06 PM
Jordan Novet
The way Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham sees it, the U.S. has something
to lose — a leadership position in the technology industry. Talent is a big
part of that position, and Graham believes the U.S. can and should do more
to allow the best technical talent to immigrate to the U.S.
“We have the potential to ensure that the U.S. remains a technology
superpower just by letting in a few thousand great programmers a year,”
Graham declared in a post on his personal blog today.
More than 95 percent of the world’s population lives outside the U.S.,
Graham pointed out, and therefore the vast majority of the best developers
are born outside of the U.S. “if the qualities that make someone a great
programmer are evenly distributed.”
This isn’t the first time Graham has expressed opinions on immigration. In
2009, for instance, he proposed the creation of “a new class of visa for
startup founders.”
Of course Graham is hardly the only tech luminary who has argued for
immigration reform lately. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg last
year joined up with Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer, Google executive
chairman Eric Schmidt, and Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings to launch
FWD.US, a group that lobbies for “comprehensive immigration reform.”
Graham, for his part, appears to believe that action is urgently needed,
even if letting some very good developers into the U.S. will lead to more of
them wanting to come.
“And if we don’t, the U.S. could be seriously fucked,” Graham wrote today
. “I realize that’s strong language, but the people dithering about this
don’t seem to realize the power of the forces at work here.” | T**********l
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: December 26, 2014 12:06 PM
: Jordan Novet
: The way Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham sees it, the U.S. has something
: to lose — a leadership position in the technology industry. Talent is a big
: part of that position, and Graham believes the U.S. can and should do more
: to allow the best technical talent to immigrate to the U.S.
: “We have the potential to ensure that the U.S. remains a technology
: superpower just by letting in a few thousand great programmers a year,”
: Graham declared in a post on his personal blog today.
: More than 95 percent of the world’s population lives outside the U.S.,
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