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What the article overlooks and seems to smuggle in is the idea that we don't have any problems to solve that actually require jobs of the non-IT sort. Look aro
by mikecane 16y ago
What the article overlooks and seems to smuggle in is the idea that we don't have any problems to solve that actually require jobs of the non-IT sort. Look around and see crumbling infrastructure everywhere. We need bridges replaced, highways mended, etc, etc. That represents millions of physically-intensive jobs.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoLook around and see crumbling infrastructure everywhere. This is a common meme, but I just don't see it. Where is our crumbling infrastructure? At least in my area, the infrastructure works fantastically. We had one bridge collapse due to a design flaw, which was so surprising that it became national news. Now we need to replace every bridge, potentially introducing new design flaws in the process? Seems like a massive overreaction to me, probably on the same scale as our overreaction to 9/11.
- almond 16y agoWe shouldn't wait until after a piece of infrastructure collapses to fix the cracks in the foundation. The public capital stock has been allowed to age much more than the residential and private stock: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2010/12/age_americas_infrastructure http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2010/12/age_americas...
- yummyfajitas 16y agoMeasuring age is not necessarily relevant - if a bridge has a lifetime of 50 years, but the average age is 23 years (up from 16), we have a long way to go before it becomes a problem. Your chart is interesting, but hardly conclusive.