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Creatives are already paid very little, so if what you’re saying is true that is not a good sign despite your enthusiasm. Most of white collar work is very muc

Creatives are already paid very little, so if what you’re saying is true that is not a good sign despite your enthusiasm. Most of white collar work is very much rooted in the “mechanical” tasks.

fnordpiglet 3y ago
And those tasks will emphasize the creative in the future. At one time a human computer made a ton of money. However they’re a novelty today. Mathematics and computer science are a much more creative endeavor using mechanical computers than someone who could tabulate large numbers rapidly in their head. I do think rote learning is about to seriously take a step back in the world and the future won’t reward the ability to turn the crank nearly as much. The white collar readjustment will be realizing memorizing facts is much less valuable than understanding and synthesizing.
- endisneigh 3y ago
  We will have to agree to disagree. The real world is about solving actual problems, not solving arbitrary “creative” tasks. And even if it were, go look at salaries in “creative” professions vs engineering.
  - TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
    "Actual problems" like crypto scams, NFTs, and both mainstream and "new" manipulations of value tokens that don't even exist? Or an industry like health insurance, which doesn't even need to exist? As for salaries - you can be a hopelessly mediocre engineer, doctor, lawyer, etc, and still earn good money. You can even be a bad professional who is actively incompetent and still earn good money. The fact that salaries can be hyped so they don't accurately reflect social value is a symptom of the problem, not an explanation for it.
    - endisneigh 3y ago
      Your examples are strange. Why do you think crypto or NFTs are actual problems I was referring to? Why shouldn’t health insurance exist? Most lawyers make terrible money. Doctors don’t make a lot of money in most countries.

fnordpiglet 3y ago

And those tasks will emphasize the creative in the future. At one time a human computer made a ton of money. However they’re a novelty today. Mathematics and computer science are a much more creative endeavor using mechanical computers than someone who could tabulate large numbers rapidly in their head. I do think rote learning is about to seriously take a step back in the world and the future won’t reward the ability to turn the crank nearly as much. The white collar readjustment will be realizing memorizing facts is much less valuable than understanding and synthesizing.

endisneigh 3y ago
We will have to agree to disagree. The real world is about solving actual problems, not solving arbitrary “creative” tasks. And even if it were, go look at salaries in “creative” professions vs engineering.
- TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
  "Actual problems" like crypto scams, NFTs, and both mainstream and "new" manipulations of value tokens that don't even exist? Or an industry like health insurance, which doesn't even need to exist? As for salaries - you can be a hopelessly mediocre engineer, doctor, lawyer, etc, and still earn good money. You can even be a bad professional who is actively incompetent and still earn good money. The fact that salaries can be hyped so they don't accurately reflect social value is a symptom of the problem, not an explanation for it.
  - endisneigh 3y ago
    Your examples are strange. Why do you think crypto or NFTs are actual problems I was referring to? Why shouldn’t health insurance exist? Most lawyers make terrible money. Doctors don’t make a lot of money in most countries.