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Many of us are well aware of how difficult some of the prerequisite CS classes can be so he definitely has my respect.
A major problem in our society is that '72-year-old' is in the headline. If you are not growing, you are declining or dead. Not only does the world change under your feet, you need that stimulation just to stay healthy. We ruin the talent, economic value, and freedom and opportunity of a very large portion of the population by dimissing the growth of anyone in late middle-age or later. 72 years old shouldn't be remar…
I love this perspective. That it's aberrant for a man at his age to pursue further education reflects our society's out-dated view that education is something to be pursued one time and when young.
So even someone in their 70s might start an MS and then have a decade or more to make use of it. That's not what's happening here, but it could be.
Really puts all those times I thought it was too late for this or that in perspective.
A major problem in our society is that '72-year-old' is in the headline. If you are not growing, you are declining or dead. Not only does the world change under your feet, you need that stimulation just to stay healthy. We ruin the talent, economic value, and freedom and opportunity of a very large portion of the population by dimissing the growth of anyone in late middle-age or later. 72 years old shouldn't be remar…
I would think that the Elected Representative not doing that job and absconding to study would be the more significant detail.
This is so refreshing to read, but so very rare. I thought the "I don't know, but I'll find out" crowd died out in politics.
These aspects will start to come back into vogue as broader societal progress stabilizes at its new levels, and institutional forces internalize conflict. There will be a new norm of politician who is less of a laughingstock and more of a quality leader who looks into things in a qualitative way. It'll still be a politician who will need to know the game though. In a post-Trump world you can generally expect the retu…
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Curious. Why do we need much younger politicians?
because people deteriorate mentally and physically with age.
It might be fair to say, as a sibling comment does, that one needs younger politicians so they can better represent one's constituents.
But to dismiss them just because they're old amounts to shutting off an economically productive segment of the population. More importantly, by discriminating against individuals because of their class membership rather than because of their abilities amounts to prejudice, no?
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Curious. Why do we need much younger politicians?
Because aging politicians do not adequately represent the majority of their constituents.
A major problem in our society is that '72-year-old' is in the headline. If you are not growing, you are declining or dead. Not only does the world change under your feet, you need that stimulation just to stay healthy. We ruin the talent, economic value, and freedom and opportunity of a very large portion of the population by dimissing the growth of anyone in late middle-age or later. 72 years old shouldn't be remar…
Having neither of my parents even make it to 72, I’m pessimistic. I hope I will be lucky that my health allows me to keep learning and doing cool stuff at that age (and that I’m actually alive), but the sad reality is that health and genetics can be against us, and being in a healthy thriving state at 72 is more an exception than the norm.
A major problem in our society is that '72-year-old' is in the headline. If you are not growing, you are declining or dead. Not only does the world change under your feet, you need that stimulation just to stay healthy. We ruin the talent, economic value, and freedom and opportunity of a very large portion of the population by dimissing the growth of anyone in late middle-age or later. 72 years old shouldn't be remar…
I think there's a valid "why?" here. Obviously it comes down to some people being driven to knowledge purely for knowledge sake, and that's wonderful. That's what makes them happy.
I think for a lot of us though, knowledge is a more practical commodity. It's just one of a number of tools that allow us to build better.
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nope. we need much younger politicians. And we need 70+ old guys learn new things just like this politician does.
Curious. Why do we need much younger politicians?