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What are you asking, exactly? Driving clearly requires a lot of knowledge and skill, from the workings of vehicles to the rules of the road, and a lot of practi

What are you asking, exactly? Driving clearly requires a lot of knowledge and skill, from the workings of vehicles to the rules of the road, and a lot of practice to be able to develop the skill necessary to move the vehicle around in the framework. Nobody is born able to drive and nowadays most jurisdictions require a lengthy apprenticeship under another experienced driver before one is able to move into being licensed to drive on their own accord because history has proven that it takes a long time to develop the necessary skills. Even then, it is questionable if drivers are skilled enough, but such is life. Indeed, it is a common skill[1], at least in car-centric North America where there has been a strong incentive for all to learn those skills. That makes it not particularly valuable to offer as a service. Why pay someone to do work you can, in most cases, just as easily do yourself? It has to be quite cheap for you to consider it. But that's something else entirely. [1] Albeit a dwindling one. While ~85% of American adults have their driver's license, only ~60% of 18-year-olds do, down from ~80% in the 1980s. The youth today are backing away from obtaining this particular skill as compared to the past.

HPsquared 3y ago
Speaking English (or any other language) is an even bigger, more complex skill than driving - and we take it for granted too. Basic electrical service in houses is the result of a huge effort to build infrastructure. There are many examples of these "complex but ubiquitous" resources.
- randomdata 3y ago
  Nobody, at least nobody who is thinking straight, would claim that someone who can speak English, particularly one who can do so fluently, doesn't have immense knowledge and skill in that area. It may not be an economically valuable skill due to the ubiquity relative to the need, but that, again, is something else entirely.
  - atribecalledqst 3y ago
    There's also a big difference between being able to just speak English, and being employable in a job that focuses on use of English as a skill... like writing a TV show or a book
    - al_borland 3y ago
      I’d wager that someone who learns English as a second language has a better technical understanding of the language than the average native speaker, even if they don’t sound as natural speaking it.

HPsquared 3y ago

Speaking English (or any other language) is an even bigger, more complex skill than driving - and we take it for granted too. Basic electrical service in houses is the result of a huge effort to build infrastructure. There are many examples of these "complex but ubiquitous" resources.

randomdata 3y ago
Nobody, at least nobody who is thinking straight, would claim that someone who can speak English, particularly one who can do so fluently, doesn't have immense knowledge and skill in that area. It may not be an economically valuable skill due to the ubiquity relative to the need, but that, again, is something else entirely.
- atribecalledqst 3y ago
  There's also a big difference between being able to just speak English, and being employable in a job that focuses on use of English as a skill... like writing a TV show or a book
  - al_borland 3y ago
    I’d wager that someone who learns English as a second language has a better technical understanding of the language than the average native speaker, even if they don’t sound as natural speaking it.