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Re:What Does It Take to Climb Up the Ladder? by pm90 on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:24AM (#13940542)
It is an interesting question. Although, you do have to differentiate between learning skills and an actual education, which I take to be an improvement in critical thinking and general overall awareness.

I still think there would be interesting problems to solve, even in a perfectly educated society. I don't want to be a brain surgeon, or any surgeon, or anything really in the medical field. There is a theory that some people are "naturally inclined" to certain tasks and maybe we could realize that and have a society that allows everyone to specialize in that...

Re:What Does It Take to Climb Up the Ladder? by jeffdavis on Thursday March 23, 2017 @12:57PM (#13941585)
The problem is that natural inclination doesn't always line up with demand.

Many people may want to be a professional beer taster, but we don't need very many of them.