Here is something to think about.
The top 2% of the population are considered to be geniuses. This is loosely measured as having an IQ in excess of 132.
In the USA, total population of ages 0 - 24 is around 104 million. 2% of that total is roughly 2 million people - at the genius level - many of whom may have an impact on technology and other development for the next 30 years. However, we wouldn't even be at that level of birth if it wasn't for the illegal immigrants - many of whom have a higher birth rate than US citizens. AND - we are doing a poor job of assimilating these folks into US society, including stigmatizing their backgrounds - which may negatively impact their ability to achieve their potential.
In China, the total population of ages 1 - 24 is around 422 million. 2% of that total is roughly 8.4 million - six million more genius level IQ citizens that will be impacting technology and other development over the next 30 years. On the negative side in China, their communist society is not supportive of the freedoms that allow unfettered individual intellectual growth, so that's in our favor.
During the past two years, the US has seen a decline in educational results across the spectrum - especially in the STEM fields. As a society our K - 12 educators seem more preoccupied with supporting gender studies, alternative lifestyles and gender transitions versus advancing our educational results.
Today there was an article in the news about a NYU organic chemistry professor whom students petitioned to have fired because his classes were too 'hard'. The professor has been teaching the same subject matter for decades....
The "cancel" and "Woke" culture movements have distracted our students and educators from focusing on personal knowledge growth or listening to diverse opinions from those considered to be "conservative" - a dirty word in modern educational circles.
I wonder how much of the cultural changes to our education and societal systems are being supported and funded by governments that have a vested interest in seeing the US decline and ultimately fail?
(for the record, I'm not against someone changing their gender. However, considering the hormonal impact that takes place during the teen years, I do think that any gender decisions should be made as an adult - not as a child If as a society we deem a 14 year old too young to responsibly own a firearm, too young to make a decision to have sex with an adult, then why do we think that they are mature enough to make a life altering decision to change their gender???.)
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