That is sarcasm ... however, it's also my serious hypothesis as to why the Chinese gov't doesn't mind losing their best & brightest...
-- Ben On Dec 14, 2007 7:35 PM, Robin Gane-McCalla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is that sarcasm or an official Communist Party platform? > > > On Dec 14, 2007 3:48 PM, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Is China pushing its people into being smarter? Are they giving > > > incentives beyond the US-style capitalist reasons for being smart? > > > > > > > The incentive is that if you get smart enough, you may figure out a way > > to get out of China ;-) > > > > Thus, they let the top .01% out, so as to keep the rest of the top 1% > > motivated by the hope of getting out. > > > > Clever, huh? > > > > ben g > > > > ----- > > 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/?&; > > > > > > -- > Robin Gane-McCalla > YIM: Robin_Ganemccalla > AIM: Robinganemccalla > > ----- > 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/?&; > ----- 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=76335876-20d29a
