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A bit more (last I promise) on my Year end editorial
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 17:49:49 -0500
I will add a small note as to why I think it is important to do such projects from the US perspective (you can read this for any country). It was originally sent as a response to my Move it or Lose It editorial when the person said: "Looks like you *do* believe in science projects" I said: "Actually I believe in creating good jobs for my children and their children and creating the financial wealth to cure some of our society problems. We can do neither if we cook hamburgers and get flooded by other nations technology." In my view the US is heading toward a belief structure that will allow technological innovation and leadership to immigrate off shore and will justify it as in our best national interest. Maybe... But I doubt the validity of the argument. What will be left will either be a nation of shopkeepers and hamburger flippers or a widely separated two class society with one needing eventually to be "controlled". Technological leadership is expensive but the lack of it may be more expensive to our future and the traditions we hold dear. End of year end sermon Dave
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