Leapfrog

My glavniy chelovek and long-time Zolotoi Klass mega-uber value droog Alistair has written an interesting post in response to my fiber musings. This concept of technology leapfrog is something which I seem to be increasingly encountering in my limited dealings with the former Soviet constituents and associates, and I think it's something which perhaps Western Europeans generally are fairly blind to. Ignore it at your peril.