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From: john larkin <jl@650pot.com>
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Subject: Re: US Election Year!
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:49:10 -0700
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:50:18 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:44:10 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:09:09 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:49:42 -0700, John Larkin <jl@997PotHill.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 11:26:34 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Every four years, this group becomes a discussion forum exclusively
>>>>>for US politics, where heated opinions and insults are freely
>>>>>exchanged. And this year it should be an absolute hum-dinger! May I
>>>>>suggest we all get plenty of popcorn in before it's all sold out?
>>>>
>>>>There's a simple explanation for why people who care about politics
>>>>are bad electronic designers.
>>>>
>>>>Think about it.
>>>
>>>Okay. I've thought about it and I'm none the wiser. What's the reason?
>>
>>They are tribal and social, so are hostile to new, unauthorized ideas.
>>
>>Academic training can have the same effect, making people shy away
>>from anything original.
>
>I don't follow. Everything in electronic design has already been done
>- and much of it more than 60 years ago. What are these new ideas of
>which you speak. Can you provide an example or two?

So we have no need of electrical engineers any more? 

I know people who think that anything they need can be found in a book
or an appnote or on an eval board. No tiresome thinking or inventing
required. Nobody needs to design electronics any more.

Fine with me. Less competition.