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By Chen Ya, Jointing.Media, in Wuhan, 2024-10-07

I contend that the mechanism and system exert a vital role in innovation. The same group of individuals, within a particular environment lacking an efficacious incentive mechanism and intellectual property protection, have no means to fully unleash their potential, work for themselves, and generate wealth for themselves. This is not conducive to stimulating people’s maximum potential.

A favorable system will motivate people to achieve their utmost potential for creation, whereas an unfavorable system will only suppress people’s creativity.

If the architect aims for a more orderly society, then he will make people compliant and turn them into tools. If the architect of the system aspires for this society to have more prospects and be more competitive in the future, he will design a system to serve creative individuals.

This is analogous to when we educate children. If we desire children to be obedient, the objective is to conserve our own time and energy. After all, the time, patience, and energy, even the ability demanded to manage an obedient child and a naughty child, are disparate. Nevertheless, if a parent considers that the child should be more competitive in society in the future, then he will hope that the child will not be overly obedient and can have his own independent thoughts. For any given viewpoint, the child can verify it by himself, have the capacity for independent thinking, have the ability to question, and have the ability to solve problems independently, rather than merely being an obedient and well-behaved child.

Similarly, if all we hope for is a stable and manageable society that saves more time and energy, then the system designers will tend to make the individuals in the society compliant with the management. The government will act as a manager rather than a server when confronted with the public. However, if a government can comprehend that the future competition between countries is the competition of talents and innovation, then the government will transform into a server and provide the public with a superior environment and more resources to stimulate the capabilities of individuals, retain talents and promote innovation. Attract and retain talented people, utilize their greater capabilities and create more wealth for society as a whole.

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