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Neil deGrasse Tyson delivered an energetic, hour-long keynote address at the MIRCon security conference in Washington last week. The famed astrophysicist, who hosted the reboot of “Cosmos” earlier this year, discussed a long range of topics including America’s decline in innovation.
During a Q&A following the address, which can be found at the hour mark, Tyson discusses the decline of STEM in the United States. “Nobody’s talking about ‘tomorrowland’ anymore. We’re waiting for our next app,” Tyson exclaims. “Now I love me some apps, don’t get me wrong here.”
“But, society has bigger problems than what can be solved with your next app, in transportation, and energy and health. And these are huge sectors of society and they are solved by innovations in these fields,” Tyson continued. “Without it we might as well just proceed back into the cave, because that’s where we’re headed.”
“We’re a sleepy nation right now. I want us to be a nation of innovation,” Tyson stated later. The entire speech is a fascinating listen:
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Egnever
(21,506 posts)but I guess sensational headlines are what it is all about these days. I would argue bullshit headlines contribute more to the decline in our society than a lot of other things including start ups.
trublu992
(489 posts)big_dog
(4,144 posts)n/t
JI7
(89,251 posts)where people hope to do it.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)and Great Point.
I wonder ... did the inventors of yester-year, discover their inventions with commoditization in mind?
I wonder if the guy/gal that discovered the lever said, "You know ... Now that I know I can move that big rock by wedging this stick under it, with a smaller rock under the stick and pulling ... by show others, I bet I can get an extra share of the hunt AND some of those really sweet berries."?
Probably, not!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)He made some good points. People need to move on to other things.
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