Australian Republic wrote:is widely recognised that Australians are significantly smarter than the world average. There have been calls for the government to make use of this national resource.
The Debate
“Science! Progress! A Better Tomorrow!” sprays frazzle-haired twenty-something geek Mario Weber, mouth half full of cold pizza. “We’re living in a changing economy, and the future lies in fuzzy logic and quantum computing. I’m not talking about a discrete quantity of computing... aha... ha... ah... Hmm, tough crowd. Anyway, the government should fund a Science Park to push forward the boundaries of technological thinking, and to shake up the status quo. It’s an investment in the industries of the future!”
“Clever is as clever does,” declares frazzle-haired thirty-something PhD student Selma Delauter smugly. “Governments and world leaders, you always want to monetise things, when actually intelligence and learning are their own reward. Instead, you should fund a Symposium Park, where ideas can be exchanged, poems can be written and minds can grow. No, there’s no money in it. It’s not all about money, you know.”
“Clever? There is no clever...” intones frazzle-haired forty-something philosopher Aphrodite Larson. “We are thinking too much about thinking and not enough about mindfulness. Give us some land to build a Meditation Park. Discourage this mad world-questioning and worship of intellect. Embrace introspection and spirituality, and grow our souls.”
Confirm Wait, no!
“So we’re an oh-so-clever nation, and now you want to build a national park celebrating that?” moans frazzle-haired fifty-something cattle breeder Ebenezer Sajak. “Give me a break! Help me out with setting up a Ranch Park where we can raise good quality cattle. IQ doesn’t fill bellies. Beef fills bellies.”
Issue by The Nuclear Shield Wall of Candlewhisper Archive
Edited by Candlewhisper Arc
803- Park that thought
Great, this issue just called practically all my citizens "frazzle-haired."
Time to fund some public hair-design salons.