窮則思變的電台

美國公司經常雇用國外出生或者第一代美國人的工程師，而不是純種美國人，原因不是本土美國人IQ低。一個重要原因是Cword， 就是文化。困難的問題需要困難的答案，如果我們認真地想解決問題，我們必須麵對現實。

我們的美國文化已經太長時間推崇平庸，而不是有所建樹，至少從就是年代就是這樣。這不是從大學開始的，而是從童年開始。

慶祝高中畢業典禮的女皇而不是數學奧林匹克的冠軍,慶祝體育明星而不是學習尖子，這種文化不會產生最優秀的工程師。

推崇Boy Meets World,裏的Cory或者 Saved by the Bell,裏的 Zach Slater而不是 Screech 或者 Family Matters,裏的Stefan而不是 Steve Urkel ，這種文化不會產生最優秀的工程師。

事實上，我知道九十年很多移民家庭主動限製孩子孩子看那些電視節目因為它們宣傳平庸，他們的孩子最終都是成功的STEM畢業生。

我們需要更多Whiplash這樣的電影，而不是不停播放老友記。我們需要更多數學輔導，少來些sleepover.更多周末科學競賽，少看點星期六的卡通。更多書，少些電視。更多創造，少些享受。多上點課，少逛點購物中心。

大多正常的美國家長帶著懷疑的眼光看那些另類的家長和孩子。更多正常美國孩子鄙視這些另類的孩子。如果你成長過程就想融入這種正常，你將來會成為這種普通人。

閉上眼睛想象一下，你知道的家庭在九十年代或者現在，在這兩種模型中培養他們的孩子。現實是殘酷的。

正常不能應對高度競爭的全球市場對科技人才的需求，如果我們假裝可以，那我們就等著中國扇大嘴巴吧。

這是生死攸關的時刻，我們已經從沉睡中醒來。希望川普的勝選開啟美國的金色時代。這一切需要美國文化的覺醒。一種文化，成就高於正常，出色高於平庸，書呆子高於路人，勤奮高於懶惰。

The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born first-generation engineers over native Americans isnt because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers if were really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH: Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesnt start in college, it starts YOUNG. A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers. A culture that venerates Cory from Boy Meets World, or Zach Slater over Screech in Saved by the Bell, or Stefan over Steve Urkel in Family Matters, will not produce the best engineers. (Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrityand their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates). More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of Friends. More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less chillin. More extracurriculars, less hanging out at the mall. Most normal American parents look skeptically at those kinds of parents. More normal American kids view such those kinds of kids with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve. Now close your eyes visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest. Normalcy doesnt cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, well have our asses handed to us by China. This can be our Sputnik moment. Weve awaken from slumber before we can do it again. Trumps election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness. Thats the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. Im confident we can do it.