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Melissa R. Hart '91 Night Editors: Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Tara A. Nayak '92 Philip P. Pan '93 Eric S. Solowey '91 Editorial Editors: Adam L. Berger '91 John L. Larew '91 Feature Editor: Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Sports Editors: Andrew M. Fine '91 Michael D. Stanckiewicz '91 Photo Editor: William H. Bachman '92 Business Editor: Raymond Nomizu '91 Copy Editor: Hillary K. Anger...
...January 3 Crimson editorial about SONG, Adam Berger argues that "higher regard for intellectual achievement [is not] a panacea for declining economic competitiveness." He cites China and the Soviet Union as examples of countries with high levels of cultural "pro-intellectualism" yet low technological and economic performance...
Surely Mr. Berger must be aware that the histories of these countries, as well as their politico-economic systems, may have something to do with their poor performance. SONG is by no means arguing that there is only one factor that is responsible for technological progress. SONG's credo is simply that at this time in our history, American anti-intellectualism is a barrier to the advancement of our society in general and to educational reform in particular...
...editorial, Berger attributes to SONG the belief that it is blue-collar "anti-intellectuals" like an unabashedly bigoted Steve Olson who "are stunting the improvement of American education...
...Berger asserts that "nerds should be grateful to their persecutors" because it is this persecution that makes them turn to books. Even if this may be a correct explanation of the "causes" of nerdiness in some people, Berger's normative assertion is surely ridiculous, if not dangerous. By the same token, he would claim that European Jews should be grateful to anti-Semitism for having helped to produce Einstein, Freud, or Marx...