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Man, you're so right and so wrong at the same time! So spot on about railways example: the real problem to solve is transportation, not railways, and a differe
by nnq 10y ago
Man, you're so right and so wrong at the same time!
So spot on about railways example: the real problem to solve is transportation, not railways, and a different form of transport could replace railroads.
So spot off about education: it damn is an externality! Try living in two societies/regions with different average levels of education and see how it feels. Also try starting different kinds of businesses in places where the pople are on average more or less educated. Also try implementing things like pollution reduction strategies or crime fighting strategies for places/communities with varying levels of education!
Yeah, it does not always work in the most obvious ways: a college educated person will not always make a better decision than someone who dropped out of high school. But the high school dropout from an on-average well educated society will most of the time be more of a person you want to be around with / sell to / buy from / live on the same planet with, than anyone from a less educated one.
Replace "educated" with "science literate" for the clearest particularization of what I've just said, as other types of education have more variability in effects on people and are easier to "get wrong".
- dreta 10y agoEducation is a service. People want to become doctors and engineers, because that pays well. It’s profitable to become educated, thus it’s profitable to provide education. Parents will want to provide education for their children, just like they provide them with food, shelter, healthcare, or save money for them. Education, really is no different. I have no idea where this notion comes from that making education private means it stops exiting. Making education private provides competition in the market, and more choice for people seeking it. What’s the correlation between crime fighting and education levels? What you seem to be suggesting is that people need to go through some sort of a brain-washing process in public schooling to be good members of society, which is scary.
- pjc50 10y agoAgain, we can look at history or the less developed countries: people might want education, but not be able to afford it.
- dreta 10y agoSame for food, healthcare, or shelter. With education there's more than enough incentive for private enterprise to provide it to invest in future workers.