Think about how much has changed in the past 30 years. The average american is 10x the productivity of his equivalent, but at a cost of specialized skills. That

Think about how much has changed in the past 30 years. The average american is 10x the productivity of his equivalent, but at a cost of specialized skills. That "experienced" human being also came from a generation that could scoff at, say, learning to type ("i'm not a secretary!") which on the surface makes them look more inept, but that's only true if they were starting out today. Instead they were able to invest in skills and opportunities invisible to a modern workforce largely in debt largely uncertain and, in contrast to the author's posit: >Who wants to work on mastering a complex task for 10 or 15 years, with no real guarantee of commercial success?