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You've just pointed out one of the biggest problems facing our
society. When general knowledge of technology is lost, what then?
Are all the high-tech jobs going to be in India and China within 20
years?
Probably. The wheel is turning.
In the early days of North America, society valued education and
learning, for example by giving higher education a good deal of public
money. Now that attitude has been lost and the support it engendered
is fading; in a few generations there will be nothing left. Then North
America will one day look at itself and wake up to a realization that
it has become what today is called Third World, and be thoroughly
baffled as to how and why this happened.
...and whoever is on top then will get complacent, and North America
will be motivated to care about education again, and the wheel will
turn around again.
Perhaps things aren't quite that dismal. Europe has maintained a
remarkable level of support for education for a remarkable time. And a
few subcultures have maintained a love of and respect for learning for
_long_ periods (the Jews come to mind). But the above is sure what I
see happening.
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." The problem is,
the true cost of ignorance is deferred until after the next election.
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