Another Voice Warns of an Innovation Slowdown

September 1, 2008 | Source: New York Times

Judy Estrin, the former chief technology officer of Cisco Systems, is worried that short-term thinking, reluctance to take risks, and decline in federal and university financing for research are causing Silicon Valley — and the United States as a whole — to no longer foster the kind of innovation necessary to develop groundbreaking technologies and sustain economic growth.