The general points on growth are well-put but the 'anti-science' examples are very poorly chosen. The anti-science population isn't the group of people who wan

The general points on growth are well-put but the 'anti-science' examples are very poorly chosen. The anti-science population isn't the group of people who want to see GMO labels and drone restrictions, it's the group of people who don't believe in evolution. These groups are distinct, and I think it's very clear that the former isn't the one pushing budget cuts in alternative energy and technology. There are plenty of valid reasons to oppose GMOs in food and the chemical companies who aggressively defend their controversial patents. "Technology magnifies differences in innate ability." It also magnifies your inherited financial circumstances. The industry directs much attention to its gender gap, but there is an equally embarrassing lack of engineers from lower class & lower middle class backgrounds and this never gets enough attention.