You innovate in ways that stoke your economy. Because innovations in science and technology are the engines of 21st century economies.
Neil deGrasse TysonAmerica 2012: The Learning Channel has HoneyBooBoo, History Channel has PawnStars: and the Science Channel has PumpkinChunkin
Neil deGrasse TysonOne of the greatest features of science is that it doesn't matter where you were born, and it doesn't matter what the belief systems of your parents might have been: If you perform the same experiment that someone else did, at a different time and place, you'll get the same result.
Neil deGrasse Tyson