Noted columnist Thomas Friedman talks about quantum advances in globalization and information technology which are replacing labor with machines or foreign workers. Scary, but true! What to do? Friedman quotes author Adam Davidson in a not so funny joke…" The average mill has only two employees today - a man and a dog. The man is there to feed the dog, and the dog is there to keep the man away from the machines." Friedman's solution…passing some kind of a G.I. bill so that every American can access post-high school education. What do you think?
Average is Over, Part I. Thomas Friedman. 1.23.12 New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/opinion/friedman-average-is-over.html
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