haleem123

Seems like a chapter out of the recent Sarah Wynn-Williams book

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism Hardcover

https://www.amazon.com/Careless-People-Cautionary-Power-Idea...

You note "the beaten path is saturated" - how do you reconcile that with two facts:

1. Fact 1: There is unusually high unemployment rate for new STEM graduates, including those with advanced degrees like MS and PhDs

2. Fact 2: Our politicians and business leaders are noting there is a "massive shortage of workers in STEM" and thus we need to import hundreds of thousands of foreign workers to meet the demand.

How can both be true and in line with your position?

>> 70's Boeing used to do things like hire up people with no immediate experience, teach them C for three months, and then hire them into roles as programmers

In the 70's we didnt have NAFTA, so you couldnt just send the jobs to Mexico

In the 70's we didnt have the H1B program, where you could have a permanent "shortage of workers" and re-direct jobs to immigrants

In the 70's we didnt have Zoom, so you couldnt just send the jobs offshore

>> I was always curious, why would anyone believe that hard work leads to economic gains in the first place?

Because I saw it work my my immigrant grandparents and parents. It doesnt work anymore

>> The richest people in the world are telling everyone to get onboard with technology that is determined to make a lot of those same people's jobs redundant.

The richest people I know are trying to convince everyone

1. There is a "worker shortage" in an attempt to bring in immigrant workers whom they can boss around and keep on a leash

2. That "AI is taking jobs" so you cannot point the people who are really taking jobs -- policy makers

3. There is "low unemployment" to perpetuate the myth that the economy is great

4. "Anyone can make it" while their nepo-babies get back-door access to jobs at top firms and claim "they worked hard up the ranks"