虽然许多国家都可以利用自己的自然资源,但人力资本是最可持续的资本,因为继承下来的资产最终会消失,而人力资本可以永远存在。
人力资本诠释了为什么提出创意想法并付诸实践的人们(比如企业家)能够战胜拥有大量资源的强大竞争对手[马斯克和他的初创公司特斯拉成为资源丰富的通用汽车、福特和克莱斯勒的竞争对手,乔布斯和盖茨的计算机初创公司超过IBM(国际商业机器公司)这样的巨头,等等]。
优秀的人力资本可以让人们克服自己的弱点,发现并利用自己的机会。正是通过这一特性,荷兰、英国、瑞士和新加坡等小国获得了巨大的财富和(在某些情况下的)权力。
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While many countries have natural resources that they are able to draw upon, human capital is the most sustainable capital because inherited assets that are drawn down eventually disappear, whereas human capital can exist forever.
Human capital is why people who come up with new ideas and build them out (e.g., entrepreneurs) beat giants with vast resources (just look at Elon Musk and his startup Tesla, which rivals resource-rich General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler; or Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, whose computer startups surpassed giants like IBM; and so on). 
Great human capital allows people to overcome their weaknesses and identify and capitalize on their opportunities. It is the attribute that has allowed small countries like the Netherlands, England, Switzerland, and Singapore to achieve great wealth and (in some cases) power.
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