this American obsession with protecting self from foreign influence leads frequently to reinvention of a bicycle.... Plus, if it was historically good to preserve American identity, in the modern world going overboard with it leads to isolation and loss of competitive edge.... Nothing against national pride, it's all good.... but the reality is that "The world is flat". We all read the book, right? And many others on the subject....

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