Technology: More than just ideas and devices?

If technology is just devices and ideas — ideas which are easy to copy and devices which are easy to ship — why do differences in technology persist between countries, asks Ricardo Hausmann.

There is nothing better than fuzzy language to wreak havoc — or facilitate consensus.

Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that philosophical puzzles are really just a consequence of the misuse of language. By contrast, the art of diplomacy is to find language that can hide disagreement.