I would think that art and humanities majors, such as a history major, would be able to discern the global macro trend and ride the big wave to financial prosperity, no? An example that comes to mind is Overstock chairman Patrick Byrne, who is a great visionary, probably owing to his PhD in philosophy.

If we were in the midst of a "service economy," that would indeed be depressing. Fortunately, we are transitioning into what Dr. Stiglitz calls a "Creative economy". Google it.

American economy is going through a phase change. Most of the manufacturing jobs have moved to Asia. Yet, schools teach students skills for the 20th century;
like following orders, memorizing facts and applying formulas.

21st century organizations need rule breakers -- agile, inventive, and interconnected with specialists on the 'Net, those who directly challenge the outdated mass-production model with laser-sharp focus on a niche to deliver incorporeal benefits increasingly demanded by modern consumers.

In other words, children trained in the right brain skills during their developmental age will be the winners of the upcoming "Creative Economy"

I feel your pain.

The aggressive policy of blocking executable files is hurting my shareware business.

I've come across quite a number of software company web sites that contain a page telling their customer their software is not Malware even though Chrome says it is. e.g., http://portforward.com/virus_h...

Also, they usually have a screen capture that shows you need to ignore the message "This file will harm your computer" and click the scary button that says "Hurt me plenty". e.g., https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outsystems.com%2Ffor...

As for me, I have an identical program hosted on two sites (It is a free version of a maze program I sell).

(1) http://www.puz.com/sw/amorphou...
(2) http://www.puz.biz/sw/amorphou...

Interestingly, Chrome blocks (2) but not (1). This tells me that Chrome is probably making a decision based on the "popularity" of
the web site where the file is coming from. I.e., (2) is brand new, whereas (1) has been up for many years.