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The Circular Economy ** Notes ** Yesterday I heard the term 'Circular Economy' used during the C-Span coverage of the National Governor's Association Conference in Salt Lake City. I did a search on the term. It looks like the implementation of Buckminster Fuller's 'completely regenerative, recyclable universe' (see the old videos of Bucky on youtube) Buckminster Fuller's completely
recyclable universe -
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intended to research it - but what made me think of it this morning was
because I was looking for the programs on the NGA in SLC (C-Span is
getting better at making content difficult to find). I found a program
from the NGA dated February 28, 2011 which was when the winter meeting
was scheduled. I was looking for the speech given by Susan Hockfield,
President of MIT. The 'Workforce Development' system being set up at our colleges and universities is circular - recycling "workers". The jobs are for the educators and "job developers". For the people who receive the "training", it will be an endless cycle of high hopes and disappointments and debt because the 'Knowledge Economy' is an intellectual and economic fraud and you can hear it for yourself by listening to the speech of Susan Hockfield. As you are listening, keep in mind the way the real world works in terms of research and development (under a non-communist system of independent businesses), risks, and business in general. Higher Education, Innovation, and Economic Growth Susan Hockfield, President of MIT July 15, 2011 Program ID 300540-1 http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/EducationandEco Bill Gates on Education and Global Competitiveness February 28, 2011 Program ID 298231-1 http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/AssociationCl More on this to come when I have more time Vicky |