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Harry Targ : STEM and the Tyranny of the Meme

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

The STEM ‘crisis’ and the ‘fear of falling behind’ meme. The tyranny of the meme: Commies, the arms race, and now STEM The threats of the United States falling behind some fictional adversaries is a similar ‘meme’ to those that … Continue reading →

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