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"How has this gone so wrong?" Hindsight? Care to take a crack at the complex socioeconomic issues that will exist in 50 years arising from technology, infrastr

• jressey 7y ago
  I'm reading Middlemarch, a well-regarded novel about life in 1820s-30s England. What has stood out is how things are basically no different than they are now. This is not a technology or advancement issue, it is about our society's values. One of the characters, the rich banker, is described over and over as being able to justify in himself that he disagrees with. That is being a human, that is the source of these types of challenges. "I want it because... I want it, and if I have the means then why wouldn't I take it?"
  • squish78 7y ago
    I agree with you that greed is an intrinsic human trait and bankers are always a great literary punching bag, but it doesn't address the OP's comment on how to predict job market trends 50 years away
    • esotericn 7y ago
      Nursing in the UK is not a matter of "job market trends". It's predominantly a public sector thing.
  • draugadrotten 7y ago
    One lesson which could be learnt from history is that human nature is what it is, and that political solutions that is built on the assumption that humans can be "better" or "improved" always fail. However, we learn from history that we do not learn from history.