Thoughts Regarding Our New Chief Technology Officer

It's refreshing that we are finally paying attention to the development
and advancement of technology. In the past, it was the major driving
force for our economy and probably a major factor in the allies winning
of World War Two.
One should not forget that major advances in the internet, networking,
and computational methods in general led to the fastest economic growth
in recent, if not our entire, history.
The "Space Race to the Moon" fueled major innovation and growth in the
Sixties that carried over into the early Seventies.
We should hope that this renewed awareness and interest will spur the
various government and other ruling entities to expand educational
opportunities and make public education as available to everyone as our
grade schools and high schools.
All to often, our government officials have been so intent on "cutting
taxes" that they foolishly make education the first service that they cut.
We must change our mindset so that we view taxes paid to the govern-
ment to be an investment with return of services to the citizens.
The best place to start would be to insist on real public education to all
to the extent that they need to make at least a comfortable living. No
longer can a college education be only for those willing to go into an onerous amount of debt or so well off that they can pay huge amounts of cash.
Then we may be able to compete more effectively in the industries that depend so much on technology to prosper.
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Wall Street Journal Blogs - Tech Industry Cheers as Obama Taps Aneesh Chopra for CTO.