“The average student emerges at the end of the Ph.D. program, already middle-aged, overspecialized, poorly prepared for the world outside, and almost unemployable except in a narrow area of specialization. Large numbers of students for whom the program is inappropriate are trapped in it, because the Ph.D. has become a union card required for entry into the scientific job market.” WorldEndsJobsNumbersMiddleStudentsAreasProgramUnionsPreparedAverageCardsTrappedEntryLarge NumbersInappropriateMiddle AgedSpecialization Author:Freeman Dyson
“There is no question that a very large number of people have to move; you cannot live where the water comes over you. I have not heard one suggestion on how we are going to move one hundred million people out of low-lying areas and what countries would be willing to accept them.” PeopleCountryWould BeMovingLyingWaterNumbersAcceptingMillionsHeardWillingLowsHundredAreasOver YouSuggestionsLarge Numbers Author:Walter Munk
“The premature migration of very large numbers of people from rural areas to urban areas can give rise to a lot of strains to the urban infrastructure, which can also create problems of crime - law-and-order problems.” PeopleGivingProblemLawOrderNumbersCrimeAreasUrbanStrainInfrastructureLarge NumbersMigrationLaw And OrderPrematureRural AreasUrban Areas Author:Manmohan Singh