Wednesday, July 13, 2011

SIR JAMES DYSON ON ENGINEERING AND OTHER MATTERS

A great video from MIT's Industrial Liaison Programme (which the University of Wales belongs to) in which James Dyson discusses his career as well as his thoughts on the future of Western economies. As he comments:

“My worry is that complacency in (the U.S. and Britain) that we’re the best engineers and designers will soon be wiped off our faces. Then our problem is we’ll have forgotten how to make things. That’s my depressing view. My optimistic view is we’ll actually turn a corner and start training more engineers, and realize engineering and science are exciting -- there will be a resurgence of science and engineering and we’ll be able to fight off the competition.”