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On the other hand, there were the days when you had to be born into the right social caste to have any chance for an interesting life at all, otherwise being do
by Artoemius 10y ago
On the other hand, there were the days when you had to be born into the right social caste to have any chance for an interesting life at all, otherwise being doomed to a lifetime of menial labor.
I really do prefer our current situation to 99% of the history of mankind.
- zepto 10y agoThose days are today: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/05/recruitment-resumes-interviews-how-the-hiring-process-favors-elites/394166/?single_page=true http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/05/recruitm...
- jospoortvliet 10y agoThat was an awesome read. Thanks...
- maxander 10y agoAbsolutely true- things are more competitive now in large part because a much larger segment of the population gets a shot at it. I'm not saying things are objectively worse on a social level, far from it... but they were more relaxed. We could have both.