Non American here - one of my country's favorite discussion topics is figuring out how to hack our (somewhat broken) national governance system/national culture into working well.
One of the ways to do that is to get fewer people into the consulting jobs which steal our brightest and best because of better pay and resulting prestige. Now obviously to do this you need to significantly up the budget for any and all science so that people make a wage which:
a) they can live comfortably on
b) point to so that their clan/community doesn't constantly tell them - "what a waste of your life, make sure your kids don't do that."
That would have immense trickle down effects and huge repercussions for our development. Civilizational transitions/evolutions have more to do with the introduction of technology (fire, agriculture, the stirrup, medicine, writing, the press) than any other agent (I'm guessing mother nature comes close).
So how is this stuff being discussed when "innovation" is supposedly meant to save the economy? How do you guys plan to handle this? Ignore-let it blow over/give them what they want-let them deal with the fallout/???
May I suggest that this is being done for political mileage, that the politicians are smart and understand how the game is played and that this is going to get them votes.
May I further suggest that this be made to blow up in their faces? Since not losing votes<<<<<<<<<<< getting votes?
Non American here - one of my country's favorite discussion topics is figuring out how to hack our (somewhat broken) national governance system/national culture into working well.
One of the ways to do that is to get fewer people into the consulting jobs which steal our brightest and best because of better pay and resulting prestige. Now obviously to do this you need to significantly up the budget for any and all science so that people make a wage which:
a) they can live comfortably on b) point to so that their clan/community doesn't constantly tell them - "what a waste of your life, make sure your kids don't do that."
That would have immense trickle down effects and huge repercussions for our development. Civilizational transitions/evolutions have more to do with the introduction of technology (fire, agriculture, the stirrup, medicine, writing, the press) than any other agent (I'm guessing mother nature comes close).
So how is this stuff being discussed when "innovation" is supposedly meant to save the economy? How do you guys plan to handle this? Ignore-let it blow over/give them what they want-let them deal with the fallout/???
May I suggest that this is being done for political mileage, that the politicians are smart and understand how the game is played and that this is going to get them votes.
May I further suggest that this be made to blow up in their faces? Since not losing votes<<<<<<<<<<< getting votes?