Excellent Article about Engineering

[JoeXIII'007]

Originally Posted by sciguy125

I think it's more of a cultural issue than an education problem... Americans want to be rich.

Agreed, 110%. Just think about it, on the news we hear more about recalls, lawsuits, and other bad news (including the chem plant explosion recently in Romulus, MI) more than we hear of innovation and the other important things to consider. At the same time, we also hear about the most trivial, including but not limited to the marriage and break up of the popular, steroid use in sports, etc. Most of it is on the mass media: TV and radio where people, especially trial lawyers, with big mouths speak to the masses. Therefore many are given a subliminal message that trying to reach popularity, wealth (bling-bling), self-righteousness, or absolute beauty is good, when we know there's better. Plus, many of the popular or art oriented don't give a darn about who granted them the freedom to get from point A to B in short time, speak to the masses by just sitting or standing in a certain spot, etc. Thus, in the end, they will find out why they shouldn't had taken for granted what they had and who created those things.

Great article! And just remember, it's an engineer's world. Without us, everyone is powerless, literally.

2 cents by Joe