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rogueish states,

But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution, the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.

“The way to succeed is to be above average. Therefore, we must make sure that everyone is above average.” Thomas Friedman’s extraordinarily marketable skill is his ability to say things that are both tautological and self-contradictory (that is, ideological) with a straight face.

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  1. watchoutforthebullets reblogged this from thenoobyorker and added:
    Sorry Friedman, wrong again. The one thing I’ve realized for sure is that being above average makes people nervous in...
  2. thenoobyorker reblogged this from rogueish and added:
    rogueish states,
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