>>an entire generation of high-school graduates went to college and learned to loathe industry. They learned that working in the factories, in the design houses

>>an entire generation of high-school graduates went to college and learned to loathe industry. They learned that working in the factories, in the design houses, in the drawing rooms — they learned that type of work was beneath them. >>And so innovation died, ... the brilliant minds that would have otherwise gone into industry ... went into the legal profession or the medical field or investment banking. This seems like a hell of a non sequitur.