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The core problem here is that we can't adapt quickly enough to change. To ensure we can adapt quickly enough, we can either slow down change and make progress
by cle 10y ago
The core problem here is that we can't adapt quickly enough to change. To ensure we can adapt quickly enough, we can either slow down change and make progress more difficult (which seems to be the popular sentiment), or we can make adaptation easier and faster.
When framed like that, IMO it's obvious--we need to focus on adaptability, not conservatism.
We are ineluctably bound by the laws of survival and natural selection, and if we can't sufficiently adapt to changes, then we will die (figuratively and literally).
- ared38 10y agoBut how? If it takes 4 months to train on a new CNC machine or 8 to learn the latest web design tools, how do we make people more adaptable? There are certainly some jobs that are currently over trained, as evidenced by nurse practitioners taking over some common general practitioner roles. But I'm not convinced that's the situation in manufacturing.
- cle 10y agoI honestly don't know. I'm mainly concerned that it's not part of the conversation--the national conversation currently revolves around getting back lost jobs, or preventing jobs from being lost, instead of adapting to change. Jobs will be lost, industries will die, money will shift--it's inevitable. How can we adapt? It's something I don't have a good answer for, but that I'm confident can be solved if we actually try.