A fellow went to work for a major corporation. Several weeks into his job, he discovered he had made an error which cost the company millions. He fixed the problem, then packed his belongings, then went in to the boss, reported what had happened and what he had done ending by saying "I guess it's time to fire me." Boss replied, "Fire you? I just spent millions training you."
What have we really lost? Kids today are just as dumb as the ones my dad dealt with and also as dumb as the ones my grandfather tried to teach. If a hundred years from now, a field full of old tractors still exists, some one will have the curiosity to try making one of them run. While here in the U.S.A. technology rules the moment, in other places, Ford 8Ns are replacing oxen. Oxen are still used in other places, and in the deepest places, they are yet to be discovered. If some crazy were to explode an atomic device, we might very well lose the technology of computers and GPS. Then Third world countries will have a leg up for a little time. The problem isn't that skills are lost, it's that demand is strongest for other areas. If the ratio of carbs to fuel injection is 1000:1, we need a thousand fuel injection techs for every carb master. It is just as hard to find folks with mastery of the newest skills.
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