Re:Why Inequality Matters
by tomp on Thursday October 16, 2014 @12:32PM
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> Would the vast majority of them invest years of their life in it if it only paid the same as getting a normal job?
Empirically, given that academia pays much less than working in the industry, yes.
> the vast majority of productive people do the important everyday work
I beg to differ. Most productive people do completely irrelevant everyday work: optimize or sell ads, or play wall-street poker with other people's money. Very few people do the actually important work (e.g. garbage collectors, farmers, scientists, teachers).
Empirically, given that academia pays much less than working in the industry, yes.
> the vast majority of productive people do the important everyday work
I beg to differ. Most productive people do completely irrelevant everyday work: optimize or sell ads, or play wall-street poker with other people's money. Very few people do the actually important work (e.g. garbage collectors, farmers, scientists, teachers).