It's an easy point, but worth drawing attention to. We leave a lot of intellectual resources on the table, and it's a good idea for more effort to be devoted to employing them. For example, topic experts not being utilized because they're in countries where they don't speak the primary language.
http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2009/03/newcomers_langu.php
I wish the example hadn't been semiotics!
How lousy must other countries be that it's better to be a cab-driver here than a professor there?
Posted by: TGGP | March 11, 2009 at 07:53 PM