SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : The Environmentalist Thread

 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: LindyBill who wrote (9731)2/23/2007 12:33:59 PM
From: Elmer Flugum  Read Replies (1) of 36921
 
The world is run by clerks. This is just the nature of it.

Maybe 5% of the population of any country makes life-changing contributions...most are merely support.

James Clark Maxwell is one of many who have made tremendous contributions.

He, like many who preceded and followed his accomplishments, was not a corporate man.

Yet high technology requires BIG investment.

The corporations can be as stifling as a government.

GE, Westinghouse, General Motors, Ford, etc squash individual initiative nowadays....maybe due to profit motive, protection of steady cash flow etc.

len
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext