I for one believe the quality of generally accessible k12 eduction is America’s biggest problem, by far. Who’s to build if there’s no good system for creating builders? Public k12 education in America is abysmal and few people are talking about it. It’s because we are myopic and talk about problems only when they manifest concretely in the economy. As in people accruing and defaulting in debt, unemployment, crime, etc. We suck at slightly longer term analysis and getting to the root causes. The American motto is “if it doesn’t hurt me, today, fuck it.” Good luck building a robust society with that philosophy.
