Re:Has the Decline of Knowledge Work Begun?
by kelseyfrog on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @04:07PM
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Commodification denies a universal pedagogy. We've known this since the 1970s.
If you want a system that appeals to a plurality, and leaves the rest behind, commodification will deliver just that.
As you get beyond those basics you have to become an expert in something that there are few experts in. McDonald's success is mostly based on their ability to take you from zero to a productive crew member fast. It takes many years to make a brain surgeon, in large part because we haven't commodified it - if we needed more we should (but since the world doesn't really need many it isn't worth it)