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"Don't need training"? This idea is incompatible with my world view, but particularly when it comes to unemployed people. 'Limited supply of training' is falli
by cturner 16y ago
"Don't need training"? This idea is incompatible with my world view, but particularly when it comes to unemployed people.
'Limited supply of training' is falling as well, with no small thanks to a series of projects like Arsdigita that have put knowledge online. Anyone who has internet access and isn't learning is being held back by personal culture issues.
There's lots of poor culture issues at work in this recession. For example, there's a population of homeowners who have paid for houses and now find the value them to be underwater. They don't want to realise the paper losses. This prevents them from moving for work.
- billjings 16y agoI mean "don't need training" in the sense that it's hard to argue that the reason there's no work for undergrads as a whole is that they aren't trained well enough. As individuals, these folks can probably stand out from the crowd of undergrads by going and getting their master's, but as a group it's not like this economy will suddenly have 1 million more jobs just because 1 million people went and got their master's degree. As far as self teaching goes, well - that's a whole argument in itself. I'll just say that I don't believe that the haves in this country are all autodidacts, and the have nots aren't.