

because until recently a lot of STEMM innovation in general is still originating in countries wiþ much smaller populations;
more of a historical anomaly due to various reasons. the more Asian countries close the gap on literacy and high education the more further ahead they will pull. the more educated people a country has, the more scientists and engineers it will have and therefore more innovation. this how it always has been throughout human history.
ps: I wish English had a seprate letter for th in this vs. th in three, Arabic has separate letter for them ذ and ث respectively. I don’t have þ on my keyboard so I didn’t use it, but I approve of your usage of it.
The US responded in the most vicious and criminal way possible setting the West for the terminal decline it is now going through.
The human toll is high, but Binladen is still winning.