So I'm not so sure nationalism is ultimately the way to go anyway. But in the spirit of your post, quantum computing, both the chips and the underlying programming language we'll need to make use of them.
It's kind of a hidden gem but Canadian computer science is top notch and some of the investment in quantum computation has resulted in some of the first quantum annealers (chips that perform a subset of what true quantum chips should be able to do). The upside of this technology could be unbreakable information security, "instant" communication outside our gravity well (i.e. between planets), the ability to structure and restructure proteins at whim (genetic engineering on the fly), etc. Of course, that's currently the "fiction" part of science fiction but the potential that this could be the next foundational science in the next plateau of human evolution is there.
Already Canada has centres in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal but people from Calgary like James Gosling (who developed Java) are huge influencers too. It has the added bonus that most of the work can be carried out piecemeal from different parts of the country at a desk, although the chip making needs a full fancy physics lab or two (and we have some!).
Unlike the American promise to secure for its people "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", the Canadian promise has been "peace, order, and good government", and Canadians have concluded that two out of three ain't bad.
Your vision of reconstruction and renewal is an attractive one, but I can see the government giving the contract for the work to SNC-Lavalin, with predictable results.
With visioning anyone can find fault, anyone can see how it won't work, and anyone can say you're naive to put your heart on the line for an idea. It's embarrassing.
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip, and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow. ~Charlie Brower
They almost all fail. Dying dead born from the womb. Or worse. Running around and causing all kinds fo trouble.
So I'm not so sure nationalism is ultimately the way to go anyway. But in the spirit of your post, quantum computing, both the chips and the underlying programming language we'll need to make use of them.
It's kind of a hidden gem but Canadian computer science is top notch and some of the investment in quantum computation has resulted in some of the first quantum annealers (chips that perform a subset of what true quantum chips should be able to do). The upside of this technology could be unbreakable information security, "instant" communication outside our gravity well (i.e. between planets), the ability to structure and restructure proteins at whim (genetic engineering on the fly), etc. Of course, that's currently the "fiction" part of science fiction but the potential that this could be the next foundational science in the next plateau of human evolution is there.
Already Canada has centres in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal but people from Calgary like James Gosling (who developed Java) are huge influencers too. It has the added bonus that most of the work can be carried out piecemeal from different parts of the country at a desk, although the chip making needs a full fancy physics lab or two (and we have some!).
Unlike the American promise to secure for its people "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", the Canadian promise has been "peace, order, and good government", and Canadians have concluded that two out of three ain't bad.
Your vision of reconstruction and renewal is an attractive one, but I can see the government giving the contract for the work to SNC-Lavalin, with predictable results.
I like your two-out-of-three angle.
With visioning anyone can find fault, anyone can see how it won't work, and anyone can say you're naive to put your heart on the line for an idea. It's embarrassing.
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip, and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow. ~Charlie Brower
They almost all fail. Dying dead born from the womb. Or worse. Running around and causing all kinds fo trouble.
Yet I keep having them.