Quite an excellent article - again!! Always look froward to my weekly input of "optimism" outlook!
I graduated from the University of Texas in 1973. I stopped contributing to the university in 2002. Have been a contributor to The University of Austin since it's founding!! Such a change!!
Our biggest challenge today is to continue to work with the universities that "get it", and to hope for and encourage current students to open their eyes to the gigantic opportunities available to us all in pursuing futures away from all the social "correctness" and get back to the basics of what it means to build a meaningful life!
Good and encouraging stuff for sure! I hear more all the time of young folks opting for Technical College or other training programs to learn a trade, which is very encouraging. Seems that 4+ year colleges are finally pricing themselves out of business for many students. Hopefully this will avoid young folks from entering into the workforce with a mountain of debt! I know of one young lady who completed her 4 year degree and decided she’s not interested in that career and is pursuing a welding course at a local Technical College!
I agree. This is all very positive. The great unaddressed is the sorry state of American urban public education. We are mired in a structure that has been broken for decades. We do not educate urban children and they will be left further behind. Our politics fights innovation and competition in public education. The system serves the adults, not the children. Social division will become even more severe as large elements of our population will be left further and further behind. What is the state of public education in Detroit? Is the innovation depicted in Detroit leaking into it?
Feels so much better reading this reality than the reality that seems to dominate the news cycles. A question I have is why can't this form/content of communication go wider. What is holding this back? Is it $? Is it credibility? Thanks for sharing the positive stuff we as a country do.
Technology is a driver of optimism for sure. However will the general population be able to enjoy these technological marvels? Or will continued growth in wealth inequality make it so that only a select few will really be able to benefit?
While the energy potentially available from small nuclear reactors sounds promising, I have yet to hear how those small nuclear reactors can be safeguarded to keep them from being able to be reconfigured into weapons of mass destruction by a terrorist
I read all of the articles published by ROS and notice that some of them champion small nuclear reactors. However, ROS never addresses the problem of nuclear waste storage which to me would seem to be a showstopper unless solved somehow. Could ROS feature some possible solutions to this issue?
News flash: the US has been producing electricity with nuclear for 70 years. Zero people have died from ‘nuclear waste’ in that time. Over one hundred million have died from pollution from burning things to create electricity. The ‘problem’ with nuclear waste is made up by media to scare you.
Show me *one* death from spent nuclear fuel. Just one.
I am not saying that people are currently dying from nuclear waste. I am saying that nuclear waste is toxic for a very long time. As far as I can tell there are two main reasons we have not used more nuclear power in the past: (1) fear of nuclear reactor malfunctions and (2) the waste disposal problem. The fact that we have no long term way for safely disposing of nuclear waste will continue to limit public acceptance of wide spread use of nuclear power. I am all for increased use of more modern and safer nuclear power installations but would like to see creative solutions to the waste problem addressed.
Glad to hear you’re looking forward to more nuclear power, because it’s coming, finally. Want carbon-free electricity that doesn’t displace unsustainable acreage and doesn’t kill apex predator birds? Nuclear answers your prayers. Baseload, always-on inertial power.
Fear of nuclear reactor ‘malfunctions’ is entirely irrational, and I mean that literally. I don’t want to waste the time explaining it all here, but the three biggest nuclear incidents in history - Chernobyl, Fukushima and Three Mile Island - are collective proof of how safe it is. I’ve seen the hysterical ninnies raving about them and their arguments aren’t based in reality. Plenty of people have explained that.
Biggest thing that will advance nuclear power acceptance is the debunking of LNT, garbage dogma that’s finally dead. That plays big with the waste ‘problem’ as well.
Good stuff, except for your dippy comment that UATX is "the next Harvard". Not even close. Getting right to the heart of things, UATX purports a vigorous Socratic-style pursuit of truth, entertaining "dangerous ideas" and so on. It is not walking that talk. Can't build a great institution on shaky foundation. (e.g. of dangerous idea avoided: "1619 Project is a modern update of ideas developed by Thomas Paine, one of the two leading intellects of Revolutionary Period. Let's bring in 1619 leadership and talk things over". I could give you another half-dozen examples.) These guys aren't for real. Harvard is, with a track record of several hundred years and the institutional memory that goes with it.
History has proven to never doubt America. We've always been a country of builders and are putting the pedal to the metal again. Thank you for the great reporting and reminding us what has and will continue to make this country great!
Quite an excellent article - again!! Always look froward to my weekly input of "optimism" outlook!
I graduated from the University of Texas in 1973. I stopped contributing to the university in 2002. Have been a contributor to The University of Austin since it's founding!! Such a change!!
Our biggest challenge today is to continue to work with the universities that "get it", and to hope for and encourage current students to open their eyes to the gigantic opportunities available to us all in pursuing futures away from all the social "correctness" and get back to the basics of what it means to build a meaningful life!
Keep up the great work! Love it!
Good and encouraging stuff for sure! I hear more all the time of young folks opting for Technical College or other training programs to learn a trade, which is very encouraging. Seems that 4+ year colleges are finally pricing themselves out of business for many students. Hopefully this will avoid young folks from entering into the workforce with a mountain of debt! I know of one young lady who completed her 4 year degree and decided she’s not interested in that career and is pursuing a welding course at a local Technical College!
Awesome article!
Go for it, for sure. Hit a home run or strike out, just make sure you get up to bat, and then again.
Thanks for encouraging everyone!
I agree. This is all very positive. The great unaddressed is the sorry state of American urban public education. We are mired in a structure that has been broken for decades. We do not educate urban children and they will be left further behind. Our politics fights innovation and competition in public education. The system serves the adults, not the children. Social division will become even more severe as large elements of our population will be left further and further behind. What is the state of public education in Detroit? Is the innovation depicted in Detroit leaking into it?
Feels so much better reading this reality than the reality that seems to dominate the news cycles. A question I have is why can't this form/content of communication go wider. What is holding this back? Is it $? Is it credibility? Thanks for sharing the positive stuff we as a country do.
Technology is a driver of optimism for sure. However will the general population be able to enjoy these technological marvels? Or will continued growth in wealth inequality make it so that only a select few will really be able to benefit?
Hooray for the glass is half full and heading north.
Don't watch network news. It's full of pessimism.
Excellent article! It is very unlikely that flying cars will solve the traffic problem, but everything else you covered was a great advance for us.
I really liked this article. It gave me hope.
While the energy potentially available from small nuclear reactors sounds promising, I have yet to hear how those small nuclear reactors can be safeguarded to keep them from being able to be reconfigured into weapons of mass destruction by a terrorist
Like ice cream on a hot day!
I read all of the articles published by ROS and notice that some of them champion small nuclear reactors. However, ROS never addresses the problem of nuclear waste storage which to me would seem to be a showstopper unless solved somehow. Could ROS feature some possible solutions to this issue?
News flash: the US has been producing electricity with nuclear for 70 years. Zero people have died from ‘nuclear waste’ in that time. Over one hundred million have died from pollution from burning things to create electricity. The ‘problem’ with nuclear waste is made up by media to scare you.
Show me *one* death from spent nuclear fuel. Just one.
I am not saying that people are currently dying from nuclear waste. I am saying that nuclear waste is toxic for a very long time. As far as I can tell there are two main reasons we have not used more nuclear power in the past: (1) fear of nuclear reactor malfunctions and (2) the waste disposal problem. The fact that we have no long term way for safely disposing of nuclear waste will continue to limit public acceptance of wide spread use of nuclear power. I am all for increased use of more modern and safer nuclear power installations but would like to see creative solutions to the waste problem addressed.
Glad to hear you’re looking forward to more nuclear power, because it’s coming, finally. Want carbon-free electricity that doesn’t displace unsustainable acreage and doesn’t kill apex predator birds? Nuclear answers your prayers. Baseload, always-on inertial power.
Fear of nuclear reactor ‘malfunctions’ is entirely irrational, and I mean that literally. I don’t want to waste the time explaining it all here, but the three biggest nuclear incidents in history - Chernobyl, Fukushima and Three Mile Island - are collective proof of how safe it is. I’ve seen the hysterical ninnies raving about them and their arguments aren’t based in reality. Plenty of people have explained that.
Biggest thing that will advance nuclear power acceptance is the debunking of LNT, garbage dogma that’s finally dead. That plays big with the waste ‘problem’ as well.
Good stuff, except for your dippy comment that UATX is "the next Harvard". Not even close. Getting right to the heart of things, UATX purports a vigorous Socratic-style pursuit of truth, entertaining "dangerous ideas" and so on. It is not walking that talk. Can't build a great institution on shaky foundation. (e.g. of dangerous idea avoided: "1619 Project is a modern update of ideas developed by Thomas Paine, one of the two leading intellects of Revolutionary Period. Let's bring in 1619 leadership and talk things over". I could give you another half-dozen examples.) These guys aren't for real. Harvard is, with a track record of several hundred years and the institutional memory that goes with it.
History has proven to never doubt America. We've always been a country of builders and are putting the pedal to the metal again. Thank you for the great reporting and reminding us what has and will continue to make this country great!
Great stories. Thank you for sharing them with us!