All silliness aside, the United States’ mediocre showing has rightly become a topic of concern in Silicon Valley, where technology leaders are already fretting about the quality of technical talent in tomorrow’s work force. The question is whether this was a harbinger of deeper trouble or simply a one-off item that most folks won’t bother with–let alone remember–six months from now.
The nation does have a prodigious capacity for changing the subject when the topic turns disagreeable, but I’d like to believe that the self-styled leaders of the technology industry will be compelled to show some grit and get the people in power to pay attention. This isn’t something like stock option expensing or H1-B visa rules, where calculations of narrow self-interest motivate tech lobbyists in Washington. This is a lot bigger.
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