Some top scientists are concerned that a major city will be "poofed" out of existance as a result of terrorist nuclear attack. They suggest our skills for predicting fallout patterns and performing triage have fallen short from the days of the Dr. Strangelove era.
Are we soft technically as a result of 'expertise drain' caused by the ancient masters of the technology leaving the bizz without equivalent replacements?
My point is, many of us who remember hiding under desks on Fridays (usually at 9:00 EST) in the 50's and 60's are gettin on and ready for tharn. Me, it's the Florida Keys fishin for weak fish (you have your nitch, I have mine). We are the Biffs, history gone by like the 80's yuppie namesake.
It's like an outage I worked a few years back. I had this young guy rattling off his qualifications and degrees (he wrote a text book, too). He railed on me and the other senior tech for our lack of pedigree. He tells the junior tech to cheer up, there's still some hope for his future. Then he asks...then he asks, "what's this Steam Generator were supposed to be covering". Heaven help us when we become the Biffs.