Well, realistically we need the world to care about STEM as much as it cares about the Kardashians.
Almost every human being reaps the benefits of our technological and scientific progress in some way, but only a small portion of us contribute to it.
Of course, there are plenty of other important areas of work, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to have a higher percentage of people be interested in this stuff.
It's just so crazy, that using "cutting edge integrated circuit R&D" as an example, there are maybe what, a dozen people in the world who are intensely familiar with that ecosystem? And yet it forms one of the pillars of our entire modern world.
I think people in the medical field are probably the most important, though. Can't do science or write code if you're sick, so I have an intense appreciation for them; they help all of us.
as a person who has wished they could have studied microchip design, I assure you that the fact there are so little people able to do that is no accident.
the less people can do it the more valuable the skill is, or maybe they're really smart people and I just ain't got what it takes.
Maybe I'm reading it wrong but do you believe there's some conspiracy to stop so many people from getting into such a field? I wouldn't think this is the case seeing as the industry is crying out for young blood atm.
I think realistically, the reason I never got into that sort of thing, and probably for the same for you, is that it requires a lot of intelligence (probably more than I have aha), but for the most part some of the most extreme levels of dedication and specialisation of any field.
I like technology _in general_ too much and I don't think I'd have ever had the mental capacity nor willpower to dedicate myself to such a narrow but incredibly deep slice in such fashion as those who are at the forefront of that field.
Almost every human being reaps the benefits of our technological and scientific progress in some way, but only a small portion of us contribute to it.
Of course, there are plenty of other important areas of work, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to have a higher percentage of people be interested in this stuff.
It's just so crazy, that using "cutting edge integrated circuit R&D" as an example, there are maybe what, a dozen people in the world who are intensely familiar with that ecosystem? And yet it forms one of the pillars of our entire modern world.
I think people in the medical field are probably the most important, though. Can't do science or write code if you're sick, so I have an intense appreciation for them; they help all of us.