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Thomas Sowell talks about this phenomena a lot, however he describes it as an abundance of wealthy individuals who are highly educated in philosphical ideas but
by mrjangles 5y ago
Thomas Sowell talks about this phenomena a lot, however he describes it as an abundance of wealthy individuals who are highly educated in philosphical ideas but who have no practical or useful skills for society.
It often happens in societies where hard work is looked down upon as something only poor people do. The result is that these 'elites' have nothing else to do but agitate politically.
I feel like people have a great need to succeed and further themselves in life. When they don't have an avenue to satisfy these needs through hard and useful work, they find other outlets. Often these other outlets that can be very detrimental to society as a whole.
- raxxorrax 5y ago> educated in philosphical ideas but who have no practical or useful skills for society Like Lisp programmers.
- tprice7 5y agoIn this survey, Clojure was associated with the highest salaries globally, and second place in the United States: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019?utm_source=so-owned&utm_medium=announcement-banner&utm_campaign=dev-survey-2019#top-paying-technologies https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019?utm_source=so...
- throwawayg56 5y ago> Thomas Sowell talks about this phenomena a lot, however he describes it as an abundance of wealthy individuals who are highly educated in philosphical ideas but who have no practical or useful skills for society. I wish this was the only problem. I have been exposed to so many 'elites' (investors, diplomats, C-level executives) that are just plain stupid. For some reason people assume they are very smart, perpetuating this myth.