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Nonsensical take. Quick question: What scarce resource is it that knowledge workers hoard? If a knowledge worker acquires knowledge does that mean they've reduc
by caradine 2y ago
Nonsensical take. Quick question: What scarce resource is it that knowledge workers hoard? If a knowledge worker acquires knowledge does that mean they've reduced the pool of knowledge available to others? It's not at all the same as hoarding capital or property, is it? Anyway, all labor is knowledge work. The plumber has specialized knowledge that the software engineer does not, and we all sell our bodies and minds.
- deadbabe 2y agoThey hoard opportunity, because knowledge work easily scales compared to physical labor, as it is not bound by limits of space or even time (a person’s knowledge could be used indefinitely after they are dead if written down or encoded somewhere).
- caradine 2y ago[flagged]
- econ 2y agoNow that I think about it. My job as a cleaner quite often exceeds in complexity beyond any software I wrote. I should really write an article about it, it is quite hilarious. Think callback hell with the callbacks changing the whole time, fuzzy inaccurate data and nothing working the way it should turning the state upside down. Numbers to call that may or may not help/answer or give wrong information. Truly shit apps to "help" and much more. lol