(May 12, 2015 at 3:32 pm)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote: But isn't it interesting that Arabs are finally re-catching up to the West? Recall, the Stone Age didn't end because of a lack of stone. It's good to see the Emirates preparing for the end of the oil age. That was the essence of my post. We hear so many bad things about that region so I thought I'd share some good news.
It would be interesting if it were true. But the fact that UAE has a measly 9 million people, and only 1.4 million of these are even oil bloated citizens, the rest being foreign domestic servants, oil industry expats, and other transients unlikely to be helping with building any form of robust local high tech manufacturing and research foundation, should tell you this is a money brought publicity stunt, by no mean indicative that Arabs have caught up with modern technological reach.
