While I fully support objectivity and fact based analysis and decision making, I fear I am one of few who would rather make up their own mind than have their opinions handed down to them.
Even if this group is somewhat successful in accomplishing their goals, the problem is that mass media (I know the internet has somewhat lessened its grip on american society) still has the ability to put whatever spin it wants when covering respective stories. Please do not try and tell me that anyone here buys into the objectivity of the "No-Spin Zone"!
It all comes down to perception being reality. If all of the news channels portrayed this group as foolish/off centered/crazy/etc then without a doubt an overwhelmingly large portion of american citizens would believe that at face value.
I agree that the removal of ideology and religion from our political system is important but I think it is much more difficult than some think. But hey - we gotta start somewhere right?!?!
Since when is taking on new responsibilities and learning new skills that make yourself more marketable as a whole something to complain about? More and more companies are moving towards organic structures where cross functional skills are a necessity. If you want to be stuck in the same job forever then by all means turn down any offer to showcase your capabilities. In my opinion engineers are some of the most able-minded people to take on other roles in an organization. They possess the critical thinking and deductive skills to approach many types of problems. But given the historic and stereotypical personality (or lack thereof) of engineers I'm not sure I would want them giving too many sales pitches to my customers!
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While I fully support objectivity and fact based analysis and decision making, I fear I am one of few who would rather make up their own mind than have their opinions handed down to them. Even if this group is somewhat successful in accomplishing their goals, the problem is that mass media (I know the internet has somewhat lessened its grip on american society) still has the ability to put whatever spin it wants when covering respective stories. Please do not try and tell me that anyone here buys into the objectivity of the "No-Spin Zone"! It all comes down to perception being reality. If all of the news channels portrayed this group as foolish/off centered/crazy/etc then without a doubt an overwhelmingly large portion of american citizens would believe that at face value. I agree that the removal of ideology and religion from our political system is important but I think it is much more difficult than some think. But hey - we gotta start somewhere right?!?!
Since when is taking on new responsibilities and learning new skills that make yourself more marketable as a whole something to complain about? More and more companies are moving towards organic structures where cross functional skills are a necessity. If you want to be stuck in the same job forever then by all means turn down any offer to showcase your capabilities. In my opinion engineers are some of the most able-minded people to take on other roles in an organization. They possess the critical thinking and deductive skills to approach many types of problems. But given the historic and stereotypical personality (or lack thereof) of engineers I'm not sure I would want them giving too many sales pitches to my customers!