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A person with medical qualifications once chose to pick up garbage for a living instead of practising medicine. When interviewed they said that they saved more
by upofadown 11y ago
A person with medical qualifications once chose to pick up garbage for a living instead of practising medicine. When interviewed they said that they saved more lives in a month by working as a sanitation engineer than they would during their entire career as a doctor.
- Anderkent 11y agoThat person doesn't understand marginal returns / replaceability. They could have been a doctor then paid some homeless person a small amount to pick up garbage for a living, easily combining both outcomes.
- stingraycharles 11y agoMedical bills is what made the person homeless. :)
- hiou 11y agoConsidering that there are many more qualified willing and able candidates trying to become doctors and many less trying to become sanitation engineers, it actually may be a larger net benefit since the next medical student in line would likely be very close in ability.