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> When someone needs a lawyer or software developer, they are very unlikely to hire the best in the world. Certainly not the absolute best in the world, but th
by MontyCarloHall 5y ago
> When someone needs a lawyer or software developer, they are very unlikely to hire the best in the world.
Certainly not the absolute best in the world, but they are still unlikely to hire a thoroughly mediocre worker who in a past world devoid of easy global communication and travel would have only been hired into a high-paying role by virtue of the fact that they were the only available worker with the necessary skills, since sourcing better talent from a global pool was much harder.
- wolverine876 5y agoAgreed; it is more competitive, and therefore work should become more specialized. I wonder if it drives unemployment; I expect that it drives people to tasks they are more productive in (and perhaps more interested in, given greater options). But let's also remember that much of the world doesn't use the Internet. In the US, large segments of the population lack computers (beyond phones) and high speed internet access. I know that during the pandemic, schools in poor districts had the problem that many of their students lacked those tools for remote learning. And for FWIW, there are exceptions where the absolute best in the world dominate the market, such as in entertainment where the top musical performers, athletes, etc. collect almost all the revenue.