[extropy-chat] it's all understandable, except

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 07:29:41PM -0800, Lee Corbin wrote:

> The Singularity (or its preceding technological innovations) need 
> above all to get people smarter, especially the great hordes of 
> children today who simply are incapable of difficult technical work,
> and who will (because of IQ limitations) perform rather poorly 
> whatever they try to do that is of any use.

I try to avoid me-toos, but above passage can't be overemphasized.
The issue isn't differences in issued equipment between the ears. Motivation
is the key, and almost all current education environments (nevermind
prior poor parenting) actively demotivate. And everybody seems to think that's
god-given! What an awful waste of human life.

Not only does demographics limit the quantity, the quality has been
going down monotonously since middle last century, or even before.
The job market does the rest to discourage entering technical fields.
The message is certainly loud and clear enough, and it's being heard.

This is no way to drive progress forward, or event to sustain it.
Many places are regressing, but slowly enough that it isn't too
obvious. And The Great Depression v2.0 (new and improved, now with
even more suckage) seems to be ante portas in earnest. 

What we here need to do is to figure out how to prevent the coming
crash, that is looming clearer with each passing year.

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Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org
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