In his opinion essay “Invest in minds not maths”, Michael Brooks argues that investing in STEM is not a viable solution and that, instead, investment should go towards broadening students’ thinking abilities. Recently, due to the fact that STEM is linked to prosperity, governments started investing in STEM as an answer to a future STEM resources shortage. Hence, students now pursue STEM careers for job openings, not out of passion, which creates a massive unproductive STEM task force. To this issue, experts proposed shifting the focus from STEM to developing creativity and thinking skills. Additionally, employers also favour this proposal as they have realized that the skills that led to discoveries, such as Newton’s, are the same that
