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I'm curious: fundamentally, can the economy find a place for many more talented STEM people ? And if not, what's missing - useful ideas ? capital ? management

• UweSchmidt 7y ago
  I believe there is a small number of people who do the hard work on innovative projects and move humanity forward. The rest of us is ideally helping out with the easier parts and maybe impeding said work. More of those key people would mean more economic growth around whatever they are doing. Can you get more of them? Yes if many smart people currently avoid STEM because it is low status, hard, and not really paid well compared to things really smart people can achieve. No if people who have the ability to do the hard work are inevitably drawn into it anyway.
• jstewartmobile 7y ago
  I think even the premium-credentialed grads are mostly working on last-man bullshit of marginal utility. Look at the kinds of brain-trusts Nest employed before they went down the toilet.
• ModsCtrlideas 7y ago
  Yes? Until every job is automated?