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I think a lot of that's true of doctors and lawyers, too, but those are the epitome of professional-class jobs. Maybe the difference is that we produce somethi
by karatestomp 6y ago
I think a lot of that's true of doctors and lawyers, too, but those are the epitome of professional-class jobs.
Maybe the difference is that we produce something that, independently, produces value after we're done. The value's in what the thing we produce keeps doing, not the work per se. Lawyer's gotta lawyer every case. Doctor's gotta treat each illness. Lawyer-AI or Doctor Bot doesn't need the developer anymore (OK maintenance or whatever, but you know what I mean). Closest a lawyer probably comes to that is writing contract templates. I can't think of anything a doctor might do along those lines, really.
In short, we build capital directly, rather than providing a service.