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Re:Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China by zepto on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:27PM (#22824145)
I agree with most of what you wrote here, but I wish people would stop listing “praise” as the primary thing that healthcare workers deserve. Why not say they deserve money?
Re:Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China by TeMPOraL on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:41PM (#22824369)
Fair, and I absolutely agree with that.

Unfortunately, it would have to be mandated by fiat for it to happen, because market economy tends to reward people in proportion to the inverse of the value they provide to the society at large.

Re:Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China by enitihas on Thursday April 09, 2020 @03:51PM (#22826473)
Market economy rewards people in proportion to what costs to replace them, so unskilled jobs get rewarded less. There is no chance in hell writing a crud app delivers more value to society than saving one single life.
Re:Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China by TeMPOraL on Thursday April 09, 2020 @05:06PM (#22827203)
> Market economy rewards people in proportion to what costs to replace them

Mostly true. I'd say true, if by "replace" you mean "replace with someone equally capable of earning business the same amount of money". In this sense, top celebrities get absurdly high payouts because they cannot be easily substituted by someone who can bring in equivalent fanbase (=money).

> so unskilled jobs get rewarded less

Not necessarily. A CRUD app often pays more than medicine, but then again sometimes plumbing or construction work pays more than either.

> There is no chance in hell writing a crud app delivers more value to society than saving one single life.

Depends on an app. A one that helps move medicine around more efficiently, or reduce pollution in a city, effectively saves lives. But I've noticed that building such apps tends to be low on the pay scale. What pays best in this industry is usually something that's a net negative to society, like adtech or gambling.

Re:Japan to fund firms to shift production out of China by catalogia on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:47PM (#22824465)
They already get paid, getting paid should really go without saying.

Of course maybe they should be paid more. I don't really know how much they get paid and how much more they should get paid. I've heard the industry is abusive in some ways, but from what I've heard most of the abuse seems like institutionalized hazing; particularly the sleep deprivation stuff. In those respects, I think it's probably on that industry to clean up their own act. The AMA is a professional association for doctors, by doctors. It seems to me they should be able to do something about the abuse.