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I didn't say they should. You're raising a straw man. I merely said this is the traditional structure on which our society has been working and it is now broken
by richardjordan 14y ago
I didn't say they should. You're raising a straw man. I merely said this is the traditional structure on which our society has been working and it is now broken and having all sorts of repercussions.
To your other point there absolutely are only a small number of academic jobs in relation to population size. You can't have society made up of academics. Or any jobs which require a pyramid of supporting jobs to find them and make them viable.
- impendia 14y ago> You're raising a straw man. Perhaps I have misunderstood your point. If so, then I apologize -- and I also invite you to explain further. What exactly is broken?
- richardjordan 14y agoFor generations there was a steady transition of senior roles to you get generations at a pretty regular pace. For a number of reasons this hasn't happened with the transition from the baby boomers. This has led to a bunch of problems. A backlog if talent with no career progression opportunities. Because younger generations haven't had the positions of seniority open to the same degree they haven't learned progressively how to manage that transition either. This means that when the transitions do happen people will be moving into roles both older and less well prepared. It's a big problem in all aspects of the public sector in particular.