Having nothing much to say that will help us in the present, President Obama went back to the future in his State of the Union Address – kind of. Obama spray-painted a disconnected future while harkening back to the days of Cold War hysteria, in order to somehow explain why he won’t spend any money on anything but banks and war. “Obama’s Sputnik moment means less funding for schools and social programs that directly and indirectly improve a student’s experience…” President Obama’s reference last week to “our generation’s Sputnik moment” should be taken as another cautionary sign. The phrase itself is, of course, more branding, more euphemism and, therefore, likely to cause more confusion. So here are seven things to think about when hearing that phrase or considering the future impact of the president’s use of it:
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