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The divide between people from different backgrounds was really obvious to me once I moved to Asia. There's an extreme class system at play. There are certainly
by latch 16y ago
The divide between people from different backgrounds was really obvious to me once I moved to Asia. There's an extreme class system at play. There are certainly places with this is exploited, but this isn't always the case. Often times they are just paid less, have less benefits, and work harder (at least, physically)...but they are still free, treated well, and seem generally happy.
From the description given, there seems to be some parallels between yellow badges and what I've seen in Asia.
I'm not sure that this is a bad thing. We can't all be PhDs earning high 6 figure salaries. There is a need for mundane labor, requiring little education/creativity. Maybe it's weird because it's google, and the juxtaposition is great. But what's the difference between doing in in the Valley and outsourcing it to China/India? If Google did outsource these jobs, people would just be QQing about that instead.
As for the race angle, it's hardly Google's problem/responsibility. This is a fundamental cancer within the US that requires serious effort/rethinking required to even begin to address the situation.
- leon_ 16y ago> There is a need for mundane labor, requiring little education/creativity. Well actually there has not been any real need for that for years now. With automation we could replace all those "dull" work places. But the problem is: What do we do with the now unemployed masses? If we want to keep our capitalistic system that is.
- tkahn6 16y ago> Well actually there has not been any real need for that for years now. Really. You think OCR technology is at the point of sophistication or expense such that it would be economically beneficial for Google to deploy such technology over hiring humans but they don't do so to maintain our "capitalistic system"? You think there's some conspiracy of corporations to waste money on unskilled labor to maintain capitalism?
- leon_ 16y agoSee, economical benefit. There's the problem. I say it's possible but not with our current form of society. > You think there's some conspiracy of corporations to waste money on unskilled labor to maintain capitalism? Think about it and answer this question for yourself.