Innovation feeder

Now I’m the first to admit that I’m a bit of an Obamaphile. I love him. I understand and appreciate that what some see as “rhetoric”, is also perceived by others as visionary waffle that set expectations too high. I understand that the very right, very white Americans can be concerned about what they see as a “socialist” attitude (although last time I looked socialism was an economic system characterised by social ownership and co-operative management of the economy, but let’s not get caught up in the detail. I watched some of the debates, I watched the election results and resulting speeches of victory and concession (didn’t Romney pitch his speech just one step above ungracious loser..) and two things struck me: (more…)