This is a small excerpt from a December 12th, 2004 article in the New York Times titled "The Last Time You Used Algebra Was...."
"In all but the most arcane specialties (like teaching math), the need for math has atrophied. Electronic scales can price 4.15 pounds of chicken at $3.79 a pound faster than any butcher. Artillerymen in Iraq don't use slide rules as their counterparts on Iwo Jima did. Cars announce how many....."
Here is a link to the actual story.
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