The UAE has set itself on a clear course of economic diversification, shifting away from a heavy reliance on fossil fuel production to an economy based on knowledge-intensive manufacturing and services; aspiring to achieve the oft cited goal of creating a "knowledge-based economy".
As a university professor, I spend much of my time worrying about the development of my students and not entire economies, but in the case of a knowledge-based transition, there may be a fitting analogy; especially with that particular breed of student intent on discovering new knowledge - the graduate student.
When a new student enters university, fresh with enthusiasm to solve the world's problems, they often pass through four common stages of intellectual development: absorption, reproduction, adaptation and, eventually, discovery.
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