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In a message dated 6/24/05 7:10:44 AM, Wcbn009@aol.com writes:<BR>
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Dear Chris: <BR>
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If you base your conclusions on what is needed on the above false premise, you cannot get right outcomes or action. The economy of the world has moved far beyond zero-sum extraction, if it was ever there---which is disputable. Most of the Cassandra's of the world make that assumption, that wealth is a zero sum game and therefore the issue is right distribution. They have been proven completely wrong, especially in the past two centuries or so. (Think Malthus, Erlich, Batra, Luddites, Fabian Socialism, et. al.).<BR>
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For instance, the history of the US labor markets since 1830 or so has been a continuous upward trajectory in terms of its skills and productivity. I don’t know, and I can’t know, where that goes from here. But nobody worked at Microsoft, Cisco, et. al., in 1970, and probably nobody now works at their equivalent in 2035. The burgeoning work in such places as India, Russia, indeed, most countries that have freed up their economies, is mental, and that resouce is unlimited provided education is freely available and relevant to one's future needs---meaning Originality, Flexibility, Adaptability and Fluency of thought.<BR>
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Nothing of human orgin was not first a thought in a person's mind. Hence, the culture that encourages the broadest range of thinking will be the one that creates the true newness of the world. That is why, if you put pins in the map of where a person was doing their work for which they have won the Nobel prize in Physic, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, etc., the hard sciences, you will find they now cluster in the US and western edge of Western Europe, principally England. And it is NOT that they were necessarily born there, but up to this point in time, those cultures were the most open to the thoughts of these great men and women, and hence they came to pursue their dreams. <BR>
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As an aside, the US is now in great danger of losing its preeminence in this arena (as Germany did because of WW I, and WW II) because of the rise of the radical religious right and the effects on immigration that 9/11 has caused. Just one example: look for stem cell advances to emerge from South Korea in the near future; several leading scientists have already emigrated from the US to that country to do their work. We are stupid in the extreme. A good read on what is happening in the world is Thomas Friedman's new book "The World Is Flat". He is the foreign correspondent for the NY Times and a marvelous thinker.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><I>Thus, I believe you must re-examine the basic premise.</I></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"> <BR>
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btw, your piece was quite hard to read in the sense of 'understand' and I felt there were many connections, clear in your mind, but left out in mine when I had finished. If I were to guess, your work is in the theoretical, or, as you mentioned, that of a mathematician. We mere mortals need some simpler interpretations, m'cyberfriend. :)<BR>
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Sincerely,<BR>
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Paul Everett</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>
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