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The greatest delusion of our world is the idea that there is actually a job for everyone. I have an unsubstantiated, but very real gut feeling that the economic
by rbranson 15y ago
The greatest delusion of our world is the idea that there is actually a job for everyone. I have an unsubstantiated, but very real gut feeling that the economic crisis was the tipping point in which humanity moves beyond anything resembling full employment.
- ovi256 15y agoFrom a production viewpoint, that's certainly possible for several sectors. World agriculture produces enough food that every human could have a 2700 calorie diet, which is excessive for sedentary occupations. So which is the sin here, that some people die of hunger or that others die of obesity ?
- JonnieCache 15y agoThe sin is in the coexistence of these two circumstances.
- danssig 15y agoThat would be nice! Though I'm a bit skeptical. Big business has most of the tools at the moment and their trend is to want to get more and pay less (i.e. more hours for less pay).
- cdjarrell 15y agoRather than 20 full-time jobs we need to fill them with 40 part-time jobs and then those 40 people work part-time on other interests (their own start up, works of passion, another job to bring in the money, etc.)
- ultrasaurus 15y agoUnfortunately there are still returns to scale. To stay on top of everything in your field|industry|organization might take 20 hours a week so some jobs aren't manageable on a part time basis.