SamuelRSmith said:
HappySqurriel said:
Currency manipulation only really matters because most western nations are ruled by morons with no economic vision ...
We spend thousands of dollars a year for over a decade educating children in a system developed at the dawn of the industrial revolution to work in an economy where they're interchangeable cogs that are no "better" than uneducated workers in the third world.
I want you to consider the future for a minute:
http://www.solidoodle.com/
Within 10 years we will live in a world where manufacturing can be done on a micro scale, and you will be able to take your ideas to market with very little overhead. How many children educated in the current system would have the technical, engineering and/or design skills to compete in that market?
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Those 3D printers fascinate me, though I still find it hard to imagine them having a profound effect, long term... then again, I could just be a luddite on this particular piece of technology.
Of course, Western nations are still run by morons who don't even understand the more traditional school of thoughts. Currency manipulation always leads to currency collapse - those Washington hawks should be celebrating manipulation!
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I don't really know what the future holds, but I really don't think we're educating children to take advantage of that future ...
The 3D printers are just one of hundreds of technologies I see that bring a lot of the benefits of industrialization to individuals or small businesses. To be successful in the future economy we will need creative, independent and hardworking individuals; three traits the school system doesn't encourage.
