Except that it is not. There are currently about two million practicing engineers in the USA, and that number is growing by about 70,000 per year. So we are not "shedding" STEM jobs. The unemployment rate for computer professionals and engineers is about 3% compared to an overall rate of over 7%.

I apologize for interrupting this whine-fest with actual facts.

Actually for equivalently educated Americans (those who concluded accredited undergraduate degree programs) you're looking at around 4% unemployment versus a overall computer/math degree unemployment of 3.4% (as quoted in the original article).

It isn't that large of a gulf as it may appear with the general populace.

do we want to teach the next generation that government responsibility and transparency are virtues, and that acting in service to the truth is good? that whistleblowing is something to be admired? or do we want to show them that it's a good way to serve attention-seeking narcissists?

This. It saddens me how much vitriol is offered in return to people who suggest as much; sort of bewildering.

Couple that with the growing understanding of the brain, how it functions, and how to read it via various imaging techniques, and the growing understanding of the genetic links to behavior and you have the foundations for the future development of either major medical breakthroughs, or terrible tools of oppression. I wonder if we have the ethics to use these many new tools for good? Humanity has a tendency for technology to outpace wisdom.

Much of this rhetoric borders on needless alarmism; we've had technologies of destruction and oppression for decades and we've managed fairly well despite it. Don't forget that psychological/scientific analysis of human behavior has been influencing politics and those in power for over a century now.

No. In California we live in a giant suburb that contains everything from 50 miles north of LA to the Mexican border and about 20-30 miles inland all that way. In that area, the only "cities" in a European sense are LA, maybe Irvine and San Diego. So, no, we don't live in cities. There is no empty space. There are endless blocks of residential neighborhoods for miles in any direction.

Most of the US doesn't consist of California. There are a great many areas in the US with urban density close to that of German towns/cities.

The hell? Since when are hipsters into wearable computing including Google Glass?
Hipsters are generally quite the opposite in inclination, part of the rise of analog and things that explicitly rebel against the technological trend.

1. To those whining about lack of fiber...it has plenty of fiber (33.45 grams to be exact). More than that little bit of shredded lettuce in a Big Mac extra value meal. In fact, my bowel movements seem more regular on soylent than when I eat regular food.

This is the crux of the problem -- by the physical process of reducing it to the form of a sludge, you destroy the structure of the food and much of the insoluble fibre. Perhaps it anecdotally sustains you but likely you would get different nutritional benefit if you simply ate the constituent ingredients separately.

Uh, you realize the OP was just a troll, right?

Work on your reading comprehension... "not incompatible."

FTFY

you seriously have nothing better to do than make this awful attempt at trolling?

Uh, what?

The US is the biggest economy and will still be for a few years to come. The expectation for Chinese GDP to overtake the US is somewhere around 2018 or 2019.

Absolutely, shareholders are quite far from "standard-bearers" of morality.

Most shareholders would have no objection if the underlying company does all sorts of unethical behavior (dumping hazardous waste, engaging in slave labor, cutting worker benefits/pay) as long as it increases their profitability (and share price) while managing to avoid being in the press.

He's not a billionaire. Not even close; apparently he's worth something more in the lines of 4 mil, if that.

I'd figure that's small enough that no one would care in tossing him back over.

Wanting a few more options than a "vanilla" discount motherboard is hardly 'hyperoptimization'

From my varied experience of assembling machines, the motherboard has always been the most important choice around which everything else is based.

Yeah, please! It sounds like an informative read

What's your favorite pizza style/topping?