Post by leunas on Mar 5, 2007 14:15:17 GMT -5
Always popular fodder for society's ills, games are once again the scape goat. This time it's Jay Cohen (above), who heads up science and tech research at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Cohen's department has an US $850 million research budget, but he's worried about finding research talent in the future. Why? The "PlayStation Generation," he says, avoids math and science because they are too difficult. It's so bad that Cohen describes this dilemma as "a crisis in the country." I, on the other hand, would describe government officials who made blanket statements about things they don't know about nor truly understand to be the real "crisis in the country." That's just me, though. Brian Ashcraft
Cohen's Complaints [PC World, Thanks Hogan!]
Article:
kotaku.com/gaming/politics/homeland-security-bemoans-playstation-generation-241444.php