enginuity - hack! good article on Slate about India and China...
http://www.slate.com/id/2137680/ On Oct 24, 1:16 pm, "C B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really hope you are underestimating the eginuity of the US. So, you have > seen a decline overall, but what of Caltech and MIT? are students fleeing > for foreign schools enmass or just the best and brightest - is that > happening? Just curious, what are you using to judge? Of course the media > and available information could be just as wrong about our future status as > they were about the "alleged" checks and balances that should have protected > our economy and have not. What was that about computer models that allowed > this to happen to investment firms and banks? what element were they > missing? sounds like a Harry Seldon problem to me. > > China could warp and fall in on itself as easily as our stockmarket just > did. Their population growth alone is going to kill them by droves. They > still guard information so tight we cannot know their status, only what they > allow us to see...speculations. > > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 1:00 PM, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > stock market fluctuations? global repercussions? I'm scared enough. > > > On Oct 24, 12:33 pm, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > <<United States used be looked at as a beacon of hope and cultural > > > nexus for the entire world. Something changed. >> > > > > The fortunes of counties (and people) ebb and flow over time in a > > > somewhat random fashion. Although in theory, sustained progressive > > > policies could preserve a country's dominance, the desire and > > > foresightedness necessary to implement these policies ebb and flow > > > too. > > > > What's required to reverse the current trend is a good scare, like > > > Pearl Harbor or Sputnik. (I don't view 9/11 as serving that function, > > > since there was no tangible objective for the country to focus on.)- Hide > > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
