Re:Coronavirus-afflicted global economy is almost certainly ...
by randomdata on Friday April 17, 2020 @10:37AM
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> Sure they can. Who is designing and building and installing all that automation?
The work of designing, building, and installing remains constrained to the limits of human productivity. The only way to make those jobs more productive is to use tools, and, like always, those who control the tools are those who reap the additional spoils.
Sure they can. Who is designing and building and installing all that automation?
I know that you recognize this since it's a key point of the rest of your post. But I don't think you've fully realized the implications. The problem is not just that post-secondary schools haven't lived up to their promise of teaching people how to increase overall productivity. The problem is that, fundamentally, increasing overall productivity is entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship is not something that can be taught in schools. It's a fundamental change in viewpoint: you have to stop thinking of yourself as an employee, a wage earner, and start thinking of yourself as a business owner. But schools teach people to be wage earners, and as you quite correctly point out, there is no real growth to be had at this point in being a wage earner.