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This article makes a few false assumptions, I think. 1. That everyone can transition into new jobs. Whether it be lack of education, intelligence, or just bein
by eximius 10y ago
This article makes a few false assumptions, I think.
1. That everyone can transition into new jobs. Whether it be lack of education, intelligence, or just being at an age where the brain isn't as plastic as it used it, it is hard to find a new job if your field ceases to exist.
2. He correctly assesses that this will be a slow transition (if at all). This will actually inhibit people from trying to learn new skills because they won't realize their job sector is dead until its too late.
3. He assumes that it is a bad thing to not require work.
- judah 10y ago>> He assumes that it is a bad thing to not require work. And that's probably a good assumption. There's wisdom behind the old adage, "An idle mind is the devil's workshop, and idle hands his tools." Experience tells us that people who don't work tend to spend their time not in beautiful creative ventures, but in frivolous (TV, gaming, entertainment) or destructive acts (drugs, crime, violence...). A person who works is likely more well-rounded (better at handling responsibility, working with others, contributing to society in some small way, etc.) than a person who instead spends his day watching day-time television.