
Originally Posted by
TheDemonLord
Some parts of the conversation that I found interesting:
The disappearance of practical skills in the workplace.
Different types of thinking - particularly those who are mechanically minded.
The relationship that needs to exist between each type of thinking.
Temple, for all her peculiar ways of speaking, can be rather hilarious.
Chickens are coming home to roost here. We’re seeing the results of political interference in education system that started about 20 years ago. Some bright spark theorised we were going to a smart knowledge based techno/internet economy that there would be no need for woodwork and metal work skills. Funding was cut at intermediate level then this flowed into secondary environment.
We are having to change way tools are used because the new generation of dumb can’t operate multiple physical process controls at once and they might have an accident trying to keep up with traditional skilled workers.
You wonder how much this contributes to youth crime, so many young men’s minds never getting the creative spark early on of making something instead of just breaking stuff.
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
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