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> you cannot “train” people for jobs that don’t exist yet I've heard this phrase multiple times before... and yet, doctors have been studying bio, lawyers stud
by adverbly 5y ago
> you cannot “train” people for jobs that don’t exist yet
I've heard this phrase multiple times before... and yet, doctors have been studying bio, lawyers studying laws/cases, and engineers math - for hundreds of years. I don't want someone who did 4 years of philosophy and knows how to think deeply about things performing my heart surgery.
The first three bullet points are not the same thing partly because one of those bullet points specifically addresses job training, and one addresses "how to think". You're right that knowing how to think is important, but acting like hard skills don't exist is taking things too far imo.
- snowwrestler 5y agoThe vast majority of the education of doctors, lawyers, engineers, and other professionals is teaching them how to think. Hard skills are covered of course but it is well understood (and clearly presented) that they are perishable. This is why these professions tend to have a focus on, and in some cases requirement for, continuing education throughout the career.
- hyperbovine 5y ago> I don't want someone who did 4 years of philosophy and knows how to think deeply about things performing my heart surgery a) you’re not getting that, if you know anything about med school admissions and b) why not? This is such a reductivist view of knowledge and talent.