They are laying the groundwork for the next dark age.They probably won’t hear us through the din of their virtue-signaling, ‘climate-change’ paranoia, and bloodthirsty do-goodery, but hey—it’s worth a try…
Feb 15, 2023·edited Feb 15, 2023Liked by Christopher Cook
In support of the article, but from another angle, influenced by my experience in engineering --
One might think we need more academically brilliant straight-A students -- genius mathematicians and physicists for example. In college and grad school 50+ years ago, I was surrounded by those straight-A students -- folks we called "grinds". They were truly brilliant.
But most lacked something -- an imagination, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a joy of life. Some were professional students - their goal in life was not to create a great new product or service -- it was to get that next research grant with a generous stipend.
As one author put it (can't remember who), "Good thinkers are rare. Good doers are rarer. But the rarest of all is a great thinker-doer -- a person like an Elon Musk. Cutting our population robs us of those great thinker-doers!
In support of the article, but from another angle, influenced by my experience in engineering --
One might think we need more academically brilliant straight-A students -- genius mathematicians and physicists for example. In college and grad school 50+ years ago, I was surrounded by those straight-A students -- folks we called "grinds". They were truly brilliant.
But most lacked something -- an imagination, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a joy of life. Some were professional students - their goal in life was not to create a great new product or service -- it was to get that next research grant with a generous stipend.
As one author put it (can't remember who), "Good thinkers are rare. Good doers are rarer. But the rarest of all is a great thinker-doer -- a person like an Elon Musk. Cutting our population robs us of those great thinker-doers!