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What killed American expertise? Middle management.
by vlark 2y ago
What killed American expertise? Middle management.
- darth_avocado 2y agoMore than middle management, it was extreme financialization.
- umeshunni 2y agoLack of adequate STEM education in US schools --> more liberal arts majors --> more MBAs --> low value for engineering fundamentals and higher value for financialization --> Oh crap, MBAs can't send stuff to space?
- whatshisface 2y agoThere are an enormous number of physicists who can't find jobs now, the systemic problems are much deeper than that. In fact, I would posit that the "low standards" of highschool STEM relative to countries like India are actually due to the extraordinarily high fraction of our kids we push in that direction.
- grecy 2y agoWith no universal healthcare, no free higher education, very little social safety net and a raft of other holes in society to fall through, America is the poster child of “F$$k everyone else, I got mine” People have to behave this way just to survive.
- tgv 2y agoThe best quote I've ever read about that was "Why become a physicist, when you can be his boss?" Can't find the source anymore.
- hnthrowaway0315 2y agoThat was the decision of US elites decades ago. The whole matter becomes a bit clearer if you regard those elites as aristocratic and the US happened to be one of their most fertile lands. How do you extract value from your land? There are many ways.