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Bringing Hope to Young People
by Jeremy at 10:17 am EST, Feb 29, 2004

There is nothing more positive than the self-confidence, dignity and optimism that comes from a society knowing it is producing wealth by tapping its own brains.

How would you like a steady, satisfying job that pays well?

Did I mention it's the graveyard shift?

RE: Bringing Hope to Young People
by radical_edward at 8:50 pm EST, Feb 29, 2004

The articles says:

It is inevitable in a networked world that our economy is going to shed certain low-wage, low-prestige jobs. To the extent that they go to places like India or Pakistan where they are viewed as high-wage, high-prestige jobs we make not only a more prosperous world, but a safer world for our own 20-year-olds.

But at what price? The price of middle-class Americans suddenly going from high-wage, high-prestige jobs to low-prestige jobs? I don't think that's fair. I am becoming very grateful that I flunked out of computer science and decided to become a librarian instead. Librarians are less likely to be outsourced, I think.