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I just thought the other day that we won't need schools as much in the future. Teachers could just record material, or use pre-recorded material, to teach stude

I just thought the other day that we won't need schools as much in the future. Teachers could just record material, or use pre-recorded material, to teach students online. And then young people could take jobs earlier, in their teens, and learn about the world and find out what their interests are instead of regurgitating the same answers for the same old assignments over and over. Find an interest, turn it into a job, be a bit happier. Or just study and settle for something, either way I think there should be more freedom for young adults now with the internet.

bluGill 5y ago
Who dreams of being a trash collector? Taking trash to the landfill. That is why your dreams will fail: there are unexciting things that need to be done for society to function.
- zpeti 5y ago
  If you’re the only person willing to collect trash, people will pay you a lot of money to do it, and you’ll have a much nicer house, car, holiday, or whatever you want to spend it on. Markets are great. Felix Dennis: one of the richest people in the Uk got rich by digging holes and putting waste in it. And selling the dirt.
  - LeonB 5y ago
    Really? I know of him as… Oz Trials, hobbyist computer magazines, publishing, lots of publishing, but digging holes and putting waste in it?
- samtho 5y ago
  Not everyone has specific dreams, rather their dream may be being in an essential role, part of a good team, etc. Anecdotally, I've met a number of people working in solid waste and every single one of them loved their job with one citing specifically that they are done before 1pm every day and have an entire afternoon to spend with their family or with their hobbies.
- csa 5y ago
  There are many high school students who would love to be earning a decent income as a trash collector rather than sitting in a modified prison doing stuff that won’t impact their life in any positive way.
- BurningFrog 5y ago
  Lots of people dream of making good money without studying for years. Trash collection just needs to pay enough, and those people will do the work.
  - PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
    When I was a kid, I thought that basic economics implied that the jobs people didn't want to do would be the ones that paid the most, and the jobs that people would do even if they didn't get paid would pay the least. At 57, I realize that I didn't grasp the issue of the level of skill and/or education required to do a given job, and the distribution of that within the population. Still ....
showerst 5y ago
I don't think Youtube is all that great for learning the kind of structured basics they teach in school. Many people are self-motivated enough to watch videos on woodworking or sports or video game production. Less so for algebra or grammar, but these are important base skills. This is part of why all the online course websites have such abysmal completion rates.

bluGill 5y ago

Who dreams of being a trash collector? Taking trash to the landfill. That is why your dreams will fail: there are unexciting things that need to be done for society to function.

zpeti 5y ago
If you’re the only person willing to collect trash, people will pay you a lot of money to do it, and you’ll have a much nicer house, car, holiday, or whatever you want to spend it on. Markets are great. Felix Dennis: one of the richest people in the Uk got rich by digging holes and putting waste in it. And selling the dirt.
- LeonB 5y ago
  Really? I know of him as… Oz Trials, hobbyist computer magazines, publishing, lots of publishing, but digging holes and putting waste in it?
samtho 5y ago
Not everyone has specific dreams, rather their dream may be being in an essential role, part of a good team, etc. Anecdotally, I've met a number of people working in solid waste and every single one of them loved their job with one citing specifically that they are done before 1pm every day and have an entire afternoon to spend with their family or with their hobbies.
csa 5y ago
There are many high school students who would love to be earning a decent income as a trash collector rather than sitting in a modified prison doing stuff that won’t impact their life in any positive way.
BurningFrog 5y ago
Lots of people dream of making good money without studying for years. Trash collection just needs to pay enough, and those people will do the work.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
  When I was a kid, I thought that basic economics implied that the jobs people didn't want to do would be the ones that paid the most, and the jobs that people would do even if they didn't get paid would pay the least. At 57, I realize that I didn't grasp the issue of the level of skill and/or education required to do a given job, and the distribution of that within the population. Still ....

showerst 5y ago

I don't think Youtube is all that great for learning the kind of structured basics they teach in school. Many people are self-motivated enough to watch videos on woodworking or sports or video game production. Less so for algebra or grammar, but these are important base skills. This is part of why all the online course websites have such abysmal completion rates.