Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Johnny Can't Add, But Suresh Venktasubramanian Can
This story was posted to a mailing list I belong to. Fred Reed, columnist of the Washington Times writes about the predominance of certain ethnic groups -- Indians, Chinese, Koreans and Jews at American research facilities and ponders the consequences. He argues that part of the reason for the decline of other groups has been the 'deliberate enstupidation' of American education, especially at the pre-grad school level.
People speak of globalization. This is it, and it's just beginning. Where will it take us? How long can we maintain a technologically dominant economy if we are, as a country, no longer willing to do our own thinking? If we rely heavily on less than 10 percent of our own population while employing more and more foreigners abroad?
People speak of globalization. This is it, and it's just beginning. Where will it take us? How long can we maintain a technologically dominant economy if we are, as a country, no longer willing to do our own thinking? If we rely heavily on less than 10 percent of our own population while employing more and more foreigners abroad?
