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It's not gonna be the linguists nor the social activists that are going to send us to space or solve world hunger.

"That's exactly where the economy's going, isn't it? Nobody makes things anymore. We just provide pointless services. I'm a party planner. I'm a pencil case organizer. I shout on panel shows. We Used To Make Steel."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwfejPdonnU

They are often paid with tax money.

Gender reform is the exact equivalent of bike shedding.

And my opinion is that bike shedding takes high priority because it's very convenient to tackle problems that take no effort to solve, independently of their importance.

My straw man alarm is burning a hole through my ear reading your comment.