Why shouldn't he?

Do you believe that the population is becoming more genuinely educated?

No, that's looking through the wrong end of the telescope.

The issue is that not everyone has the aptitude for college-level academics. That's just a fact, and it doesn't change just because you lower admission standards or degree standards or throw more money at it.

Price controls never have negative effects.

In that case, why not $20/hr? $50/hr? Since it has no negative effect.

Yeah, those Presbyterians are really on a rampage, aren't they?

I don't fly anymore, because I don't enjoy voluntary root canals, but ...

I went through an automated car wash recently, and instead of pushing a few buttons and swiping my card, I got to listen to a video of a cheerful smiling woman in a car (with her adorable "daughter" beside her!) explaining each step in painful marketese ... every time I did anything, she started over, talking (obliquely, tediously) about the new step I was on ... by the time I could actually drive into the car wash I was ready to rip out the screen and beat myself over the head with it.

If you are going to automate, then at least make it quick and efficient. If you want the human touch, use actual humans. (Well, just not that actual human, please.)

Why unthinkable? Why should free video be so very different from free TV?

I have no problem in a vehicle at all, at least not when I'm driving. After all, I'm sitting basically still and upright, and my visual processing is running the show.

It's when I'm bending, twisting, picking up objects, etc. that I get vertigo.

Thank goodness we dodged that car elevator guy, and got the smartest, fairest, most "progressive", most open and honest president ever!

Oh, that's right, I forgot. He's not responsible for anything that happens under him.

Thought experiment: if we had perfect education, whatever that might be, then the only differences in the per-person outcome would be due to individual aptitude.

Think there wouldn't be differences?

Oh, I see. Are we talking about the "Republican" enclaves like Martha's Vineyard, the Kennedy Compound ...

Right ... because it's Republicans who want to concentrate people in cities. Got it.

It's one current Barry Sotero who is doing the spying, not a future or past Ken Starr.

And he's doing it to you and me, not to public perjurers.

Farming was once 90%+of the population. It's been less than 3% (in the US) for a LONG time. Technology has been increasing productivity for thousands of years. The dystopias don't come from technology.

Sorry, robots didn't take a giant leap in 2008. There must be some other "mysterious" reason for the ongoing malaise ...