Two depressing articles

[Tock]

I see a lot of corruption in state regulation of the business I'm in. I'm afraid that corruption on the part of regulators is becoming not only commonplace, and anyone who actually does things the right way (keeping everything sanitary to avoid spreading disease & etc) is rare.
On top of that, the general public doesn't know, and doesn't care.

My previous carreer ended when I became a whistleblower; I tried to get management to comply with basic chemical safety proceedures. Folks in the factory had been suffering with lung polyps and respiratory problems from routine toxic chemical overexposure. Middle management were more concerned with taking whatever shortcuts necessary to maximize their annual bonuses. Employees suffering with health problems were afraid to speak up, because they didn't want to lose their jobs. Me, I'm accustomed to speaking my mind, so I did, and got a lot of things fixed, but after 4 years of fighting 'em, it wasn't fun any more, so I left to go do something that was fun.

Anyway, from what I've seen, there aren't many people interested in doing the right thing. Lots of people are interested in making a quick buck, not thinking through their political or religious allegiences. As a consequence, other nations are gonna whup American butt's.

It's just a matter of time.

[Kärnfysikern]

I see a lot of corruption in state regulation of the business I'm in. I'm afraid that corruption on the part of regulators is becoming not only commonplace, and anyone who actually does things the right way (keeping everything sanitary to avoid spreading disease & etc) is rare.
On top of that, the general public doesn't know, and doesn't care.

My previous carreer ended when I became a whistleblower; I tried to get management to comply with basic chemical safety proceedures. Folks in the factory had been suffering with lung polyps and respiratory problems from routine toxic chemical overexposure. Middle management were more concerned with taking whatever shortcuts necessary to maximize their annual bonuses. Employees suffering with health problems were afraid to speak up, because they didn't want to lose their jobs. Me, I'm accustomed to speaking my mind, so I did, and got a lot of things fixed, but after 4 years of fighting 'em, it wasn't fun any more, so I left to go do something that was fun.

Anyway, from what I've seen, there aren't many people interested in doing the right thing. Lots of people are interested in making a quick buck, not thinking through their political or religious allegiences. As a consequence, other nations are gonna whup American butt's.

It's just a matter of time.

Thats the main problem, why doesnt the general public care anymore? I mean WTF

[Pooks]

Thats the main problem, why doesnt the general public care anymore? I mean WTF

We are spending too much time playing video games, to study. + I think we've kind of gotten used to the gov't doing all the research for us. We just expect these people to exist out there, but sadly they do not anymore.

We have also taken science very far already, it is starting to get beyond human ability to comprehend easily, which prolly limits the amount of people that are going to be capable of taking us further.

[Kärnfysikern]

We are spending too much time playing video games, to study. + I think we've kind of gotten used to the gov't doing all the research for us. We just expect these people to exist out there, but sadly they do not anymore.

This Carl Sagan quote comes to mind
"We have designed our civilization based on science and technology and at the same time arranged things so that almost no one understands anything at all about science and technology. This is a clear prescription for disaster. "

We have also taken science very far already, it is starting to get beyond human ability to comprehend easily, which prolly limits the amount of people that are going to be capable of taking us further.

I dont think science has become much harder today, its mostly that the ammount of information is so overwhelmingly huge that one can only hope to become a expert in a small field.

[Hoggage_54]

Does reading Scientific American count for anything?