states/cities should care about before investing in efforts to become the next Silicon Valley

…Apple co-founder [ Steve Wozniak ] dissed Singapore for its lack of creative people because the city-state doesn’t tolerate bad behavior. “When you’re very structured almost like a religion… Look at structured societies like Singapore where bad behavior is not tolerated [and] you are extremely punished. Where are the creative people? Where are the great artists? Where are the great musicians? Where are the great singers? Where are the great writers? Where are the great athletes?” Wozniak said. “All the creative elements seem to disappear.”

– Asia cannot be the next Silicon Valley. By Eileen Yu on ZDNet