People who infuriate me into Generalizing
from this thread http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.php?p=827896&postcount=19
Some insight: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/06/25/business/1194841179365/generation-r.html
[QUOTE=Crakkerjakk;827896]
Who said universities aren't picky? ever tried applying for harvard? So people who actually fight over slots in places like a university arent' as 95%+ of the population?
and Accountants? c'mon its like comparing soldiers to support technical personel, not even the same grade. The closest thing to State funded human development outside of war was the space project. Comparison should be found in what a state can do with a scientist, technician or entrepreneur as compared to a soldier not an accountant.
Accounting which is just one of the many skills, professionals today have to be as competent in is comparable to the secondary skills of a soldier. part of the skill list includes Market Analysis, Economics, History, Strategy (Business), Merchant (in non-gurps its Marketing), leadership, administration, Psychology (applied), Current Events (Business, technology, Politics), Law (Commercial and Contractual; and other laws pertaining to the job), Finance, Politics, Many of Contacts, Savoir-Faire (Business), Writing, Computer Operation, Electornic Operation (specialized electronics in the business) etc. and the technical specialties that are needed to have a requisite understanding of the business.
erhmmm... depends how much your culture values education i guess.
The "archetype" of a 50cp accountant is disgusting as it just portrays the ignorance and how real-life skills can be taken for-granted. When the rest of the world is working to keep their skills from being obsolete and their jobs as well, people invest in their education and their own professional ability. This instance just reinforces the lack of appreciation for the condition found in the rest of the worlds. Especially the disrespect concerning the view that the struggle is not always in war and violence but in life and making ends meet (as the policies of a certain country might reflect). It may be in RPGs that it may not be a heroic struggle to meet the needs of one's family, but it is in the very sense of the real world.
So investing all those hours, night classes, money, suffering in pain in getting that administration (in non-gurps is Business Management) skill-15 and all those previously mentioned skills close to that level is just as "heroic" and challenging as the training it takes for a soldier to be good at his job. Especially with the economies of the world at stake, it kinda nubs at conviction that it takes to get out of this mess.
Then when what I pointed out was the States ability to make a Combat Monster as compared to a Scientiest (during the Space Race) then you begin to see the HUGE difference it makes when you compare the money that can be consumed in war that has no economic returns and on science which would give in technical advantage and economic security.
ARggg.. and i can't reply because it would be Out of Topic... oh well, good thing no-one in the forums reads this blog.
Some insight: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/06/25/business/1194841179365/generation-r.html
[QUOTE=Crakkerjakk;827896]
Bull..[/QUOTE]
SEALs go through a rigorous selection process that guarantees that before training they are already better than 95+% of the population. Then, yes, they get greater training than others. But a large portion of the initial selection process is weeding out a substantial portion of the population.
They are "better" than most other people even before their training, by definition
Who said universities aren't picky? ever tried applying for harvard? So people who actually fight over slots in places like a university arent' as 95%+ of the population?
and Accountants? c'mon its like comparing soldiers to support technical personel, not even the same grade. The closest thing to State funded human development outside of war was the space project. Comparison should be found in what a state can do with a scientist, technician or entrepreneur as compared to a soldier not an accountant.
Accounting which is just one of the many skills, professionals today have to be as competent in is comparable to the secondary skills of a soldier. part of the skill list includes Market Analysis, Economics, History, Strategy (Business), Merchant (in non-gurps its Marketing), leadership, administration, Psychology (applied), Current Events (Business, technology, Politics), Law (Commercial and Contractual; and other laws pertaining to the job), Finance, Politics, Many of Contacts, Savoir-Faire (Business), Writing, Computer Operation, Electornic Operation (specialized electronics in the business) etc. and the technical specialties that are needed to have a requisite understanding of the business.
erhmmm... depends how much your culture values education i guess.
The "archetype" of a 50cp accountant is disgusting as it just portrays the ignorance and how real-life skills can be taken for-granted. When the rest of the world is working to keep their skills from being obsolete and their jobs as well, people invest in their education and their own professional ability. This instance just reinforces the lack of appreciation for the condition found in the rest of the worlds. Especially the disrespect concerning the view that the struggle is not always in war and violence but in life and making ends meet (as the policies of a certain country might reflect). It may be in RPGs that it may not be a heroic struggle to meet the needs of one's family, but it is in the very sense of the real world.
So investing all those hours, night classes, money, suffering in pain in getting that administration (in non-gurps is Business Management) skill-15 and all those previously mentioned skills close to that level is just as "heroic" and challenging as the training it takes for a soldier to be good at his job. Especially with the economies of the world at stake, it kinda nubs at conviction that it takes to get out of this mess.
Then when what I pointed out was the States ability to make a Combat Monster as compared to a Scientiest (during the Space Race) then you begin to see the HUGE difference it makes when you compare the money that can be consumed in war that has no economic returns and on science which would give in technical advantage and economic security.
ARggg.. and i can't reply because it would be Out of Topic... oh well, good thing no-one in the forums reads this blog.
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