Societies (particularly US society) are getting more competitive every single day. Lowered barriers to entry, better tools, increasing automation, and other fac

Societies (particularly US society) are getting more competitive every single day. Lowered barriers to entry, better tools, increasing automation, and other factors are going to support this trend continue well into the future. We are already seeing companies give some entry level jobs to interns (I'm sure some of you have seen this, and there's more about this trend in "Intern Nation.") For those who want to compete, it's going to be non-stop self-learning, retraining, and networking: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/business/to-stay-relevant-in-a-career-workers-train-nonstop.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/business/to-stay-relevant-... We've entered an era of "Hypercompetition."