re: It feels like our civilization has been taken over by theater kids and computer geeks

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Its the literal revenge of the nerds.

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Thankfully not all. Many of us are engineers and technologists today but are still very conservative.

I noted during the 'great recession' everyone flocked to schools [which has been done before] but it was different this time. The average cost of a bachelors degree is now 10x the cost of when I grew up, as states continue to cut funding for the schools, the schools grew with lazy-rivers and jungle-gyms.

Only Mike Rowe pointed out the obvious after we had started outsourcing so many positions. This is what we saw growing up:



This is what he promotes...



Its funny, the tech bubble has been the cause of most of this. Kids with basic skills being paid outrageous amounts of money to do tech things.

I remember working on assignment when Accenture brought in nearly 60 people [former nurses, teachers, media specialists] to perform basic html work for their clients.

I don't begrudge anyone for striving to get ahead, and have watched a fair share go from minimum wage to six figures in 5 - 10 years. But not everyone can do it, Those that do are usually gifted.

This bubble will bust.