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Educate them with what money? That requires redistribution of wealth because these people will not leave the workforce with the means to retrain and reeducate t
by okreallywtf 10y ago
Educate them with what money? That requires redistribution of wealth because these people will not leave the workforce with the means to retrain and reeducate themselves.
How many scientist and engineers can any future workforce support? There will be a limit to how many "production" jobs there can be. By this I mean manufacturing, farming, infrastructure etc. This still leaves many creative endevours that can be produced and consumed almost without limit - but this also assumes people have expendable income.
- gramstrong 10y agoI guarantee you that the majority of Americans are immediately on board with free education once they realize the alternative is a lifetime of welfare. As far as how many scientists and engineers we need? Virtually infinite if you're creative enough. There are plenty of problems left to solve that we haven't even started. The best motivator for finding and solving those problems? Money.
- petra 10y agoUnlike software, in many fields, the limits to innovation isn't money to pay engineers, but money do stuff: build things, run experiments, etc.