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Richard Wilson4 said:This could spark some bloody revolutions.
Just like how white farmers in Kansas revolted against slavery—not because they were big fans of the system, but because they couldn't compete with the slave owners—people aren't going to sit idly by while robots take over the factory floor.
Sam Murphy said:- truck driver - and honestly, robots already do a better job (even as we speak!)
I haven't seen a single robot behind the wheel of a semi-truck yet, and frankly, the whole concept doesn't sit right with me... just imagine if its microchip suddenly glitches out while it's hauling freight on the highway...
goldengull3 said:You have likely encountered the headlines—the proliferation of 3D printers is accelerating at a pace that many claim will trigger a second industrial revolution.
Billions are being poured into this development. In America, the primary driver is the desire to decouple industrial manufacturing from its heavy reliance on China. Much of what is currently handled by a largely semi-skilled workforce can already be printed, or will be within a few short years:
- plastic and similar components (this is already a reality)
- metal parts (already occurring sporadically)
- houses and similar structures (on the horizon)
The implications are simple. If you need a glass, you print it. If you require an auto part, a mechanic simply orders it from a "print shop," and a component is ready for installation in a matter of hours—eliminating the need for shipping or massive inventories.
Looking for specialized pasta? Even Kraft Heinz is exploring 3D printing:
In an era where a 3D printer can produce product prototypes, floor tiles, miniature replicas, aircraft components, or even custom sweets, it stands to reason that one could print bespoke pasta. This is precisely the objective of Kraft Heinz, which, in collaboration with the RAND Corporation in Silicon Valley, has begun developing a prototype device designed for 3D pasta printing.
The goal is to engineer a printer specifically for restaurants aiming to offer a unique service: serving pasta in customized shapes and flavors, prepared almost instantly upon ordering.
Perhaps you need an entire house? That is also possible; walls can be erected in 24 hours:
On a cleared and leveled site, workers would lay down two rails a few feet further apart than the eventual building’s width and a computer-controlled contour crafter would take over from there. A gantry-type crane with a hanging nozzle and a components-placing arm would travel along the rails. The nozzle would spit out concrete in layers to create hollow walls, and then fill in the walls with additional concrete… humans would hang doors and insert windows.
http://www.psfk.com/2014/01/concrete...er.html#!sfIHV
Millions of jobs will vanish in the coming years. Of course, new ones will emerge—someone must design, assemble, and maintain these printers, just as someone must handle design, sales, and intellectual property protection.
What will undeniably disappear are the low-skill positions in manufacturing, logistics, assembly, and certain sectors of construction. This shift will carry profound political consequences; as the industrial structure shifts, so does the demand in the labor market. Developed nations will no longer be seeking factory workers, but specialists.
Ultimately, this is a subject of intense contemplation in developed nations, but I wonder if anyone here is truly paying attention.
Linda Price5 Asks:
I'm honestly curious how many learning opportunities there are for some guy in marketing who actually asks a client if they're stupid or deaf, only to have the firm hand them a massive paycheck anyway. 🥳
rowdypanther12 said:But why would it take years? 🤷 You can see things become very clear and obvious within the first year or so.
Honestly, this elitist attitude toward education is exactly what landed us where we are today.
Nicholas King said:So, let's just have everyone enroll in whatever they feel like, shall we? And the taxpayers will foot the bill for all of it—right up until the moment it becomes painfully obvious to everyone involved that those enrollments were a complete waste of time. And that realization? It usually takes years upon years upon years...
I suppose if I were to ask where the funding for this particular brand of "education" comes from—given that its entire foundation rests on waiting for people to eventually realize they are either incompetent, lazy, or simply unsuited for schooling—I would just be met with the usual collection of tired platitudes about how there is plenty of money out there, it's just being mismanaged.
In my view, there is no more egregious waste of taxpayer dollars than indulging every whim, every little daydream, and every academic utopia dreamt up by students and their parents. We can blame Coelho for all of this, I guess: the idea that if you just wish hard enough for an education, the whole world will somehow conspire to make it happen... as if that's how reality works.
Why is it such an insurmountable challenge to simply admit the truth? There are foolish kids, there are lazy kids, and there are kids who simply aren't cut out for certain paths—no matter how much they, or perhaps even more so, their parents might want them to be.
Dana Diaz8 said:So, you're telling me that pushing general education until age 18 is the magic fix that solves everything? 😕
What "insiders" and "outsiders" are we even talking about here?
Dana Diaz8 said:Let's be real: pre-K has always been mandatory for any kid who didn't attend daycare. So, what exactly is changing here? Nothing.
Dana Diaz8 said:But let's be real—most of them are just kids from the major metros who have easy access to universities and campuses. Everyone else? They're grinding it out in dorms or renting cramped apartments (which, by the way, the government definitely isn't subsidizing). That’s exactly why I brought up mywhat
I mentioned in my last post! At the end of the day, it's in the government's best interest to get these kids into the workforce as fast as possible so they can actually start paying taxes.
Chloe Rodriguez74 said:But what's wrong with having some career guidance in high school? 🙂
swiftbear86 said:What kind of criteria do you think should be used for high school admissions?
I finished college a long time ago, and I didn't have any special help—not through money or connections.
I just studied hard, got into the high school I wanted, and later made it through university based on my own merit (without needing fancy prep courses for entrance exams).
I don't consider myself part of some "elite" class.
But I truly believe that academic success—and more importantly, actual knowledge—should be the standard for getting into any school or college.
The responsibility lies with the teachers to remain objective. They shouldn't let a student's charm or a parent's influence sway their grading, nor should they hand out high marks just to be nice when the student clearly hasn't mastered the material.
Of course, in a society like ours, fighting against those windmills takes a lot of energy.
Nicholas King said:Where on earth are you getting that from?
The government doesn't decide anyone's career or their interests—not really. The state simply puts out the application requirements, students apply, and those with the highest scores get in. The only thing actually up for debate is the specific criteria used to calculate those scores; but regardless of what those metrics might be, the competitive process remains, and the advantage still goes to the high achievers.we are practically endorsing this whole system of manufacturing an "elite" class (via these high-scoring magnet schools) versus everyone else (those falling below, say, a 60% threshold)
Schools post their admissions requirements, and then students apply to them. I mean, how exactly would you go about *not* supporting a "system for creating elites"—whatever that vague concept is supposed to entail? 😕
The only way you could possibly prevent the "creation of elite schools" would be to mandate a quota system—forcing schools to accept a certain percentage of students with lower scores while simultaneously blocking high scorers from being admitted at equal rates—just to stop a concentration of top-tier students in one place.
Honestly, I’m struggling to find the right words to describe how utterly nonsensical such an idea truly is.
rowdypanther12 said:It’s based on participating in discussions, making arguments, and answering questions... nowadays, what you write is graded just like what you say.
My high school teacher used to grade us easily even when we didn't write anything down.😍
rustyjackal10 said:I don't know about you guys, but I’ve been sitting here thinking about that whole "harbinger" concept lately—you know, those little signs or omens that suggest something big is right around the corner? It’s funny how life works like that sometimes. One minute everything is just cruising along, totally normal, and then you see that one weird little thing—a strange coincidence, a sudden shift in the weather, or even just a gut feeling—and suddenly you realize the vibe has shifted completely. It’s like the universe is tapping you on the shoulder, trying to get your attention before the storm actually hits. Honestly, I’m a bit of a sucker for that kind of stuff, even if I try to act all logical about it. I remember back when I was living in Chicago, I had this weird feeling every time the wind picked up from a certain direction... it always felt like a warning of some massive blizzard coming through, and man, I was usually right. Anyway, just a random thought crossing my mind today. What do you all think? Do you believe in those little warning signs, or am I just overthinking things again? kaže:
Since you brought up politics—man, honestly? I’d much rather have someone running this country who spends their days picking up bottles on the street and can barely string three grammatically correct sentences together. At least that person actually knows what it feels like when everything is falling apart—they might actually have a shred of empathy left in them. But the guy currently steering the ship? He’s some silver-tongued orator, totally polished and smooth, but deep down he's just trash. He’s all about looking out for himself instead of being willing to lay it all on the line for the country. That’s supposed to be the whole point of the job, isn't it? It’s the moral core of being a public servant—putting the nation before your own skin.
Honestly, that whole SAT craze is easily the biggest load of garbage ever shoved into the education system—like, seriously, in the last ten thousand years of schooling, we haven't seen anything quite this useless.
I mean, honestly—what does it even matter to me that Segert Hlapic left home back in that second-grade book? Or that train got stuck in the snow in that Mark Twain story I read in fourth grade? Sure, I read them both, but if I’m being real, those memories are pretty thin at this point. The truth is, I don't really care. It’s not like I’m planning on becoming an English professor or anything. Besides, people seem to get what I’m saying whether I’m talking or typing—even if I write like this—so there’s really no reason for me to go out of my way to polish up my grammar or act all fancy with my writing.
Look, if we’re talking about the basic biology of life—just looking at things from a broad perspective—every living thing naturally adapts its way of being to fit its surroundings. That includes how we communicate, too. It's all about the environment you're dropped into, the local vibe, and where you actually call home. So, if I happen to talk with a bit of a West Coast drawl or use certain regional slang, I’m not doing anything wrong—I’m just living according to my nature, you know? It's just how I'm wired to exist in my corner of the world.
There are literally a thousand better things a kid could be doing with their time—I mean, seriously, they could be diving into biology, geograhpy, some hands-on tech stuff, math, or pretty much any other subject that actually matters—than sitting there grinding through these mindless required reading assignments. It’s such a waste. Most students basically tune out of English class the second they wrap up middle school anyway. They just end up copying the homework or skimming the book just enough to scrape by with a D and call it a day so they can finally be done with it.
Look, if students are already pushing back this hard, there’s honestly no point in wasting hundreds of years trying to force them down a path they don't want to walk. Kids today—man, they evolve at such a crazy speed. We've got so many potential musicians, artists, and just straight-up brilliant minds who probably never got their shot simply because the system was too busy forcing them into a box. Instead of actually nurturing that spark or leaning into what they’re clearly passionate about, we basically just make them kill time reading old, dusty classics and other total nonsense that doesn't mean anything to them. It's like we're stifling all that raw talent before it even has a chance to breathe.
Honestly, if you want to see what I mean, just look at Americans—they’re basically the ultimate example of being over-educated yet totally out of touch. From the time they hit third grade all the way through college, most of them aren't actually experiencing life, you know? They're just living through this rigid loop of whatever the school system dictates, combined with that whole "family-meets-school" conditioning. It’s like they’re just following a script from birth. Honestly, even someone who isn't paying close attention can see it—it feels like the younger generation in the US is just completely clueless when it comes to how the real world actually works.
And then you’ve got these kids—barely twenty-one, right?—heading off to Afghanistan, totally convinced they’re out there fighting for freedom and all that. It’s wild. Honestly, most of them couldn't even point Europe out on a map if their lives depended on it, let alone understand the actual geopolitics of what's happening. I mean, don't get me wrong, I get the spirit, but man... the level of naivety is just off the charts.
Honestly, it feels like you don’t really get how politics actually works in this country. Look, being a politician isn't just about standing around complaining that everything is going downhill or whining about having a low salary—though, let's be real, everyone loves to do that. Sure, they’re supposed to work in the best interest of the people (cough, Washington D.C., cough), but there’s way more to it than that. To actually pull this off, you need a solid grasp of basically every field their job touches. You can't just wing it. Plus, since they’re representing the entire nation, they really ought to be highly cultured and well-educated. It’s part of the gig. And honestly, what do you even mean when you throw around a phrase like "giving your life for the country"? That’s a pretty heavy thing to say without much context.
Honestly, I think the SATs are a great idea. Look, students are basically the end product of an entire educational system—I’m definitely oversimplifying here, so bear with me—that needs to be put through a standardized test of general knowledge before they can dive into specialized college majors. The real question isn't actually about the tests themselves, though. It's more about whether the K-12 system is actually doing its job to prepare kids for those exams, and if different school districts are even teaching from the same playbook. That's where the real debate lies, not in the testing itself. At the end of the day, the SAT is just there to act as a baseline—making sure students have hit that specific threshold of knowledge required by the big-shot academic institutions.
Saying Mark Twain wrote *Snowbound*?! Man, I actually feel a little embarrassed reading this... honestly, that’s why we have required reading in school—so we don't look totally clueless about general culture and accidentally claim Twain wrote some random book he didn't. If there were an American author like Jack London, they'd be spinning in their grave right now 🙂
Look, you don't need to be an English teacher (which, by the way, isn't capitalized unless it's at the start of a sentence) just to get this. It's about being well-rounded and knowing authors from here and abroad, which helps spark your imagination and sharpens your critical thinking regarding the book itself—you know, the message the writer is sending and how they express it. Plus, it helps you "polish up" your literacy.
It's obvious you adapt to whoever you're hanging out with, and hey, nobody's stopping you from using whatever regional slang you want (personally, I tend to sound pretty much like a New Yorker), and nobody's gonna come after you if you're illiterate. It's just that people won't exactly look at you with huge respect, and you might miss out on certain opportunities down the road. Nobody's forcing your hand, but you've gotta live with the consequences.
The fact that students try to dodge English class is probably more about *how* it's taught rather than the subject itself. But the subject is incredibly important, and this avoidance you're talking about doesn't seem like a good sign to me, don't you think?
I agree that the system doesn't push ambition enough, but that means we should expand the curriculum, not slap more restrictions on it. Certain educational standards have to be met, otherwise we'll end up like those Americans you mentioned (though you used them in a totally wrong context) where we won't even be able to hold our own on the global stage.
Americans are anything but overeducated. They have this super narrow education system with basically just three core mandatory subjects plus some electives they have to pick from. Their lack of knowledge comes directly from a system that encourages them to just do whatever they feel like, and that definitely doesn't involve building up any real general knowledge or culture.
And trust me, Afghanistan is a way more complicated story than just finishing a required reading assignment...