On Dec 14, 2007 10:07 AM, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If we're not making people smarter with currently available resources, > > why would we invest in research to discover expensive new technologies > > to make people smarter? We need that money to invest in research for > > expensive new technologies to allow people to be lazier. > > You are thinking mostly about the USA, it seems. > > I was thinking mostly about the People's Republic of China.
I admit, I am commenting only on my experience in/with USA. Is China pushing its people into being smarter? Are they giving incentives beyond the US-style capitalist reasons for being smart? ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=76315923-4ba235
