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The problem is not lack of brainpower, but rather lack of political will. Specifically, the fact that one of the major parties has no interest in governing and
by psychometry 9y ago
The problem is not lack of brainpower, but rather lack of political will. Specifically, the fact that one of the major parties has no interest in governing and that the pitiful state of compulsory education has created a populace too stupid to stop voting for them.
- whatshisface 9y agoI'd love to live in a world where all political problems were concentrated in a single party that enjoyed no support from smart people. I don't think that's our world, though.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoThe filter is only for critical thinking skills. This is how brain surgeons end up believing crazy shit about the pyramids.
- liquidise 9y agoIs it a question of political will or a function of capital needs and barrier-to-entry? One of the biggest boons of software development is the only true "capital" need is time. With almost no money or resources people can, and have, built disruptive software from nothing but an idea. The same cannot be said for infrastructure. No matter how compelling an idea and the expertise behind it, the reality is that it will always be easier to start a website than to start an infrastructure project. Hungry, tech-savvy people know this and i believe it contributes heavily to the choice of medium for most companies.
- digi_owl 9y agoTo me it seems more that the world has become beholden to the spreadsheet. The basic problem is that maintenance can't be filed as an investment, and thus gets filed as an expense. And while investments can be written off over years, if not decades, expenses has to show up as a negative for the year (if not quarter) i gets approved.
- redwall_hp 9y agoAll the smart people with very good ideas in the world doesn't do any good when the people who control the funds are self-interested and short-sighted idiots.