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The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH: Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG. A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers. A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers. (Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates). More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.” Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve. Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest. “Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China. This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness. That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

Binance hacked for 6 billion dollars is the largest heist in human history

Trump promised “no new wars,” then started a war with Iran that we are not only losing but which also destroyed the economy. Meanwhile, his corrupt advisors are selling their access to him for millions of dollars to megadonors and foreign countries. Stay home or vote Democrat.

Groyper spotted behind JD Vance was just escorted out of the rally for wearing an America First hat

🇺🇸 Ed Sheeran sat on the Philly stage last night and said the last week felt like everyone he knows walked off. After Macklemore got pulled from the tour for saying Free Palestine at MetLife, the other openers and even Sheeran’s own band quit in protest. He played Philly alone, and he even skipped walking into the crowd because he was scared someone would throw something at him. Venues led by Robert Kraft told the promoter the shows die if Macklemore stays. That is why he was cut. Stadiums drew the line, the rest of the bill walked, and Sheeran still played. He said he felt dumped. The only relative actually blasting him is cousin Jethro, who has been mad at him for years. Source: Page Six / Writer: Lucas