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I wonder if some other country might be different? Brasil? IIRC, countries with major resource extraction industries, internationally outsourced for lack of d
by mncharity 4y ago
I wonder if some other country might be different? Brasil?
IIRC, countries with major resource extraction industries, internationally outsourced for lack of domestic expertise, with associated lost value capture, are more highly incentivized to increase STEM graduates. Unlike the US, where the research I recall, said there's no shortage outside of programming (and PhD flexibility). And indeed without programming, there'd be a large oversupply.
In addition to WoD and WoT and consumer product safety, there's also liability, and insurance, and others. I've been struck by increasing societal viscosity these last decades, and a seemingly increasing intolerance of risk and harm.
So perhaps some other country, with different internals and context, might be a ready market for 1960's US chemistry sets?
- cft 4y agoA country where you can order the chemicals for amateur chemistry by mail would be a developed AND a free country at the same time. I'm very interested in such an example
- postultimate 4y agoThis one ? https://archive.ph/0iu7V https://archive.ph/0iu7V
- JKCalhoun 4y agoI believe you can do okay just looking for chemicals via Amazon. You have to source them individually, of course. Chemistry sets for kids are, as the author states, pretty much junk. Someone a decade or so ago had a web site that would sell you a decent chemistry set. I have forgotten the link. I believe it was sort of targeting home-schoolers.
- jbellis 4y agoProbably this: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1742632993/heirloom-chemistry-set https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1742632993/heirloom-che...
- JKCalhoun 4y agoThat's very nice, but it wasn't that fancy, ha ha. It was a kit (box) that came with your dozen test tubes, drying rack, alcohol burner and stand, thermometer, a few beakers, droppers, pipettes ... that sort of thing. And quite a few chemicals as well! I believe too there was a book/PDF that went through a course on basic chemistry that paired well with the set.