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Frere Hermann
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The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH:
Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG.
A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.
A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers.
(Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates).
More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.”
Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve.
Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest.
“Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China.
This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness.
That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
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.@Noahpinion is right about this. And as he notes, it's also an instance where @elonmusk is actally using his influence in a helpful direction. Incidentally, Canada is an example of a country that has used high-skill immigration to bolster its economy and improve wellbeing.
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼@Noahpinion
H-1b workers are good for the economy. And on an unrelated note, all the rightists now bashing Indians on X and other platforms are full of crap. noahpinion.blog/p/indian-immig…
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@VonKoczalski One has to pay some dues, put in effort and struggle against the crowds, the people who leach your time and energy. One has to build and protect a good place to work.
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@ElectionLegal Time to fire up the Sikh / Hindu beef. An absolute rats nest.
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@IanJaeger29 Wayne couldn’t handle coaching the Phoenix Coyotes
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He couldn’t handle the Phoenix Coyotes coaching job.
Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social@TrumpDailyPosts
I just left Wayne Gretzky, “The Great One” as he is known in Ice Hockey circles. I said, “Wayne, why don’t you run for Prime Minister of Canada, soon to be known as the Governor of Canada - You would win easily, you wouldn’t even have to campaign.” He had no interest, but I think the people of Canada should start a DRAFT WAYNE GRETZKY Movement. It would be so much fun to watch! Donald Trump Truth Social 02:55 PM EST 12/25/24
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@TrumpDailyPosts He couldn’t handle the Phoenix Coyotes coaching job.
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I just left Wayne Gretzky, “The Great One” as he is known in Ice Hockey circles. I said, “Wayne, why don’t you run for Prime Minister of Canada, soon to be known as the Governor of Canada - You would win easily, you wouldn’t even have to campaign.” He had no interest, but I think the people of Canada should start a DRAFT WAYNE GRETZKY Movement. It would be so much fun to watch!
Donald Trump Truth Social 02:55 PM EST 12/25/24
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@ThatEricAlper The entire J. Geils Band except J. Geils...
Peter Wolf
Seth Justman
Steven Jo Bladd
Danny Klein
Magic Dick Salwitz
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@VancityNews1 @bruce_mcgonigal All of a sudden there’s fat retarded people carrying guns everywhere
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Donald Trump is offering Canada a 60% tax reduction & an economic boom if Canadians become the 51st State in the USA.
We would be able to keep emergency rooms open.
The dollars we earn would also have way more value than the weak Canadian dollar.
Pretty sad when a passing joke, starts sounding so appealing.

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@__cletus___ This was like 15 years ago and homie is still raw about getting teased and he smokes more gange than ever now
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@__cletus___ Seen it happen. Or, guy who thinks he’s dying and says he needs you to take him to the hospital then when you get there he’s too baked off weed to go inside. Tru story bro
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@wesyang A non Jew, or Goy, who isn’t afraid of a groping allegation.
A Goy who gropes
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