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They should be. I want people to be incentivized to become doctors and engineers and to pursue other difficult fields that are of immense value to society.
by nemo44x 2y ago
They should be. I want people to be incentivized to become doctors and engineers and to pursue other difficult fields that are of immense value to society.
- thfuran 2y agoYou really want doctors to be in it primarily for the money rather than for delivering effective care?
- nemo44x 2y agoI want them to be competent. This means rigorous training and stringent examination. Competency means effectiveness and we need to incentivize our brightest to do this rather than write code for ads or trade equities and bonds, which require significantly less training effort.
- macNchz 2y agoThe opportunity for it to be lucrative is different than the imperative. Huge debts preclude or at least disincentivize people whose motivations may be more altruistic from taking lower-paying, higher impact roles.
- nemo44x 2y agoIt’s not arbitrarily expensive though. Training doctors is expensive. Regardless I don't know how to square the idea that altruistic people won’t become doctors because of debt with the reality of humans responding to incentives and we want to incentivize the best to become doctors, etc.