On Reading Day, however, concerns are raised about George's ability to be Educated. George Platen is determined to be a Computer Programmer, a profession in demand, and he hopes to qualify for "export" to a top-flight Outworld. To stay on Earth is almost an admission of failure. The best of the Educated people compete in professional "Olympics" in the hope of being "bought" by an advanced Outworld. Each person's professional speciality is dictated by an analysis of his or her brain, with no choices allowed to the subject. People in this future society are taught to read at the age of eight and then Educated at the age of eighteen. Besides educating its own people this way, Earth also supplies educated professionals to other planets, the Outworlds. This system is similar to the BrainCap, a concept later explored by Arthur C. The author presents a centralized Earth society of the sixty-sixth century, in which children are educated by almost instantaneous direct computer/brain interface, a process known as taping. The story first appeared in the July 1957 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and was the lead story in the 1959 collection Nine Tomorrows. " Profession" is a science fiction novella by American writer Isaac Asimov.
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