My earliest cargo cult experiance that I remember, is being maybe 6 years old, and convinced that I could, if I wanted, construct working firecrackers out of things like popsicle sticks, tape, and glue. I didn't have a clear idea what kind of process I would follow, but I reasoned that it couldn't possibly be that hard. It took me much longer to internalize the meaning of the phrase, "learning curve".
These days, I get a strong whiff of "cargo cult" whenever I hear another example of U.S. based multinationals dangling shiny things in front of "underdeveloped" nations, and implying that all they have to do in order to be as rich as we are, is to the play the game by our rules.
Come to think of it, working for an hourly wage feels kind of like cargo cult also, if I go in with the idea that someday I'll be hiring others at the wages I'm making now. Ugh.
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These days, I get a strong whiff of "cargo cult" whenever I hear another example of U.S. based multinationals dangling shiny things in front of "underdeveloped" nations, and implying that all they have to do in order to be as rich as we are, is to the play the game by our rules.
Come to think of it, working for an hourly wage feels kind of like cargo cult also, if I go in with the idea that someday I'll be hiring others at the wages I'm making now. Ugh.