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Today, the challenge from overseas is just as real - but whereas the launch of sputnik was a single, galvanizing event (w/ banner headlines, + satellite with xmtr...) Today's economic challenge has been sneaking up on us, [[strikethrough]]has not yet announced itself in a single event [[strikethrough]] over the last several years, we have lost our competitive advantage in science + tech. other countries put far more emphasis on education -have people who are just as smart -are education + training them just as well + are doing so in huge numbers building an enormous competitive advantage time to wake up, remember what we did in response to sputnik, + again value + emphasize sci + math ed. space exploration astonishing med advances response to global warming sol'ns [[?]] to disease + hunger to quote carl sagan: "it's suicidal to create a society dependent on sci + tech, in which no one knows anything about sci + tech." sci + tech are the engines that drive our economy, + it really is stupid suicidal to put so little value in sci + math education. tell you about my path into science always fascinated (planets, animals); remember teacher wheeling... dreamed....not that unusual - then on now study: 68%/66% - 2/3 of kids - B + G like sci start to lost B+G, but G...