Published Silicon Valley fancies itself the global leader in innovation. Its leaders hype technologies such as bitcoin and blockchain, which some claim are the greatest inventions since the Internet. They are so complex that only a few mathematicians can understand them, and they require massive computing resources to operate – yet billions of dollars are invested in them. India may have leapfrogged the US technology industry with simple and practical innovations and massive grunt work.
The US can learn from India’s move towards a cashless society
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