> This is a good sign, though. What we really want is the right balance of regulations for safety that don’t favor large businesses too much but are easy for sm

> This is a good sign, though. What we really want is the right balance of regulations for safety that don’t favor large businesses too much but are easy for small business to follow. And individuals, but yes, exactly. > Apprenticing under a physician is a particularly poor example, given how much medical science changes in 20 years. Perhaps, but I think buried in there is a call for greater granularity. Imagine that you could easily train up to be a neighborhood medic for a small community. You'd be able to handle, say, 70% of common medical needs: run bloodwork, provide immediate trauma care, dispense prescriptions, etc., but can escalate via telepresence to a higher-ranked medical professional when you need to. And, with experience, you can move up the skill ladder. That's kind of where I was going. > I think we can all agree that you don’t need months of training to cut someone’s hair. Maybe? I'd want to know that whomever is cutting my hair is aware of head lice, and knows how to sterilize their equipment. Probably also some basic first aid training if they slip up and cut me. Months of training shouldn't be a requirement to get started, but there is a reasonable call for a base level of know-how. Definitely demands more thinking. :)