Re:Why America Is the World’s First Poor Rich Country
by jeffreyrogers on Thursday May 31, 2018 @03:16PM
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It's not really open to anyone. You have to be pretty smart to do well in IT. Not a genius by any means, but definitely in the top half of the IQ distribution.
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Re:Why America Is the World’s First Poor Rich Country
by Barrin92 on Thursday May 31, 2018 @03:34PM
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And it applies to other fields in the so called 'knowledge economy' as well. How many people in a given developed country really can actively participate because they have the required aptitude, geographical luck and resources for education? 30- 40%?
The Atlantic addressed this in an article a while ago. Just waving away the disenfranchisement of large parts of the population because they're unable to work mentally tasking jobs erodes human worth.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/the-war...