I said that the average individual's idea of success oriented was
[...]
She had a bit of a problem
keeping a straight face, but then proceeded to explain to the rest of
the class the definition of "success oriented".

Seems the question is being begged here. You can define "success
oriented" and then discuss whether people fit or don't fit it, or you
can state that people fit it, and discuss what "success oriented" means
to different folks.

But to do both at the same time is oiling an eel.

Today the trend is to avoid the sciences as well as the technical.

.... and embrace superstition.

The fusion energy genie is a slippery little bugger isn't it?

The solution is itself a bigger problem, IMHO. Suppose we could contain
the genie. We'd also know how not to contain it. We'd know how to not
contain it on command. This technology would be all over the place, and
ten years later, when all the glamor is gone, would be run like NASA in
the early "The Space Shuttle is just a truck" days, or worse, like the
present day bus sytem.

Another big difference between the moon shot and energy sources is that
with the moon shot, we DID something, we GOT something, we could point
to it and say "I had a part in that". With the energy thing, all we'd
get back is what we already have... just cheaper and without ruining
stuff nobody seems to care about anyway. That's a hard sell.

Jose
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