> I'm quite skeptical of the idea that there's whole classes of people actually _unable_ to learn skills needed for better work Disability recipients fall into

> I'm quite skeptical of the idea that there's whole classes of people actually _unable_ to learn skills needed for better work Disability recipients fall into both categories. Some are not trainable for skilled work with current methods, while others are trainable but not desirable (lack of current work history, lack of hard/soft skills that only come from work). In short, they're getting some training but not getting the work from it. That has to change somehow. > It seems the barrier is that generally it's not economically beneficial to do so -- training takes time and money. Seeing that a lot with entry level IT. It is more economical to wait for the unicorn than to train the people that are available. What would have to happen to change that (short of a miraculous repeat of the late 1990s)?