http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/01/a-graph-to-consider-this-weekend Comments On: There Are More Arts and Culture Workers Than Farmers, Fishers, and Foresters Combined by Brendan Kiley en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Teslick]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:41:30 -0700 The Stranger
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2…

http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2011/09/whe…

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/11/142244052/…

If I'm making this up, then it must be an eerie coincidence that many people are sayingt he exact same thing, including President Obama (see the last link posted), US News and World Report, the international press, most major scientific journals and NPR.

Posted by Tacoma Traveler]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 22:03:21 -0700 The Stranger
a) The US is a global super power in arts & entertainment, and even though there's not a stable and well paid job for everyone who takes that path, there are big rewards for those who make it to the top in the arts, and American culture promotes dreaming big, so you a lot of people drawn to those areas.

b) Back in the 80's and early 90's there were a lot of (American) self help books all pushing a similar message of "do what you love, and the money will follow." which encouraged people to pursue careers in activities that they found personally rewarding (regardless of whether the world needed them to do that), while in Eastern countries which are less individualistic and more collective in their outlook) would be instead asking themselves the question "what does the world need?" when deciding on their career not "what activity do I enjoy doing?"
Posted by doloresdaphne]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:47:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Brendan Kiley]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:18:09 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Pity the po' white bourgeois boheme!]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:12:19 -0700 The Stranger http://www.arts.wa.gov/resources/index.s…
Posted by internet_jen]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:19:40 -0700 The Stranger
Bullshit. You're just making shit up.

Posted by bigyaz]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:16:13 -0700 The Stranger
While there is a strong need for engineers, there are vanishingly few American kids studying engineering at college, which is why we import engineers from other countries and pay them high wages. The demand for engineers exceeds the supply. Its also why we never use the phrase "starving engineer".

if you want to survive, you have to be one of the very few who can do a given thing that people genuinely need. It is very hard to survive if you are one of many who can do a thing that so many millions of others can also do, and which is not needed in a concrete sense.
Posted by Tacoma Traveler]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:03:08 -0700 The Stranger and painter's won't protect you from your Big Tentmates from the 'hood.
come the End of Days you girls are going to be in a fix.
except that you'll be out under the Pacific by then....
Posted by h7u8903dgs]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:58:30 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sugartit]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:52:08 -0700 The Stranger Posted by cedarthvader]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:37:02 -0700 The Stranger Posted by cedarthvader]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:34:31 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Max Solomon]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:19:22 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sugartit]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:18:16 -0700 The Stranger
Will we be provided with a Fringe Festival round up before it starts?
Posted by internet_jen]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2012 10:51:05 -0700 The Stranger