I have been reading this book and it has interesting themes and subthemes. The major theme of the book is that poverty is caused by lack of education. This seems like a logical conclusion until you consider politics and economic data on top of it. Consider the African nations and the Middle East, countries that are in turmoil. Look at China and other "conflict countries" where the top engineers are jumping to other countries which allow original thinking. Consider lip-syncing because the child is not representative of the country as in the opening ceremonies; or the questions on the age of the gymnastics team of China.
The book concentrates on the knowledge and science information. I remember a few years ago when there was a project that went to schools to interest girls in science. This was a very successful project but has since run out of funding. If the US is to compete in the next 10-15 years investing in science education would be the best investment that could be made. Why? The Olympics get a lot of press, but the advances in sciences gets little or no attention but create a lot of wealth. However, science is creating new opportunities in every genre, i.e. Chemistry, BioInformatics, Nano-technology, Artificial Intelligence and future innovation.
I would like to be at the forefront of these technologies and have the research grants to do this type of innovation. Our world could be the Utopia that was Star Trek where there is no monetary gain from working, but it is a global economy the invests in education for all and technology benefits everyone.
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I totally agree - we are moving from a society that values education to one that values athletics. Geek has a much better image than the orginal meaning but is still less than a desired attribute. Ask new parents what they want for their child, I bet being a poet, dancer, musian, etc. don't rank as high as they used to be.
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