Movies don't replace books. No one likes reading more than me. I've read LOTR more than 25 times and I will be reading it again. But I still like the movies. They are my favourite movies to watch - because of the books. So yes - we have advanced.
It's amazing to see that Peter Jackson brought these characters to life exactly the way I imagined them.
"there is not enough education there to, lets say, recompile the kernel."
Not true at all. You would be Surprised at the level of education that is achieved in these countries. Sometimes it rivals the US and in some cases it exceeds the US.
The difference is that the country itself does not have the resources to fully exploit its Knowledge base. The US and other developed countries have vast resources available to them so they can spend money on research and development. The money in these countries is used for more "important" things such as social development etc.
Most of the educated people eventually find there way to the developed countries where they are utilized doing all the highly skilled jobs that yopu think they aren't educated enough to do.
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Movies don't replace books. No one likes reading more than me. I've read LOTR more than 25 times and I will be reading it again. But I still like the movies. They are my favourite movies to watch - because of the books. So yes - we have advanced. It's amazing to see that Peter Jackson brought these characters to life exactly the way I imagined them.
"there is not enough education there to, lets say, recompile the kernel." Not true at all. You would be Surprised at the level of education that is achieved in these countries. Sometimes it rivals the US and in some cases it exceeds the US. The difference is that the country itself does not have the resources to fully exploit its Knowledge base. The US and other developed countries have vast resources available to them so they can spend money on research and development. The money in these countries is used for more "important" things such as social development etc. Most of the educated people eventually find there way to the developed countries where they are utilized doing all the highly skilled jobs that yopu think they aren't educated enough to do.