Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The downside of everyone learning math and science

I recall a conversation I had with my dad many years ago. We were talking about the movie Schindler's List, and he was lamenting that there weren't any movies about the Chinese holocaust. I told him maybe it was because all the Chinese kids were being told to study math and science instead of film. Can you imagine the Chinese kid going to his parents and telling them he wanted to study filmmaking?

Morale of the story: There are advantages to having diverse expertise amongst your people.

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