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Why is that absurd? If your skill/focus is X and nobody needs X, that doesn't entitle you to a job anyways. If somebody is a nuclear engineer flipping burgers,
by danielrhodes 11y ago
Why is that absurd? If your skill/focus is X and nobody needs X, that doesn't entitle you to a job anyways. If somebody is a nuclear engineer flipping burgers, I think the real question is why haven't they refocused themselves to work on something which is more in-demand and likewise would take advantage of their obvious aptitude for mentally challenging subjects.
- rorykoehler 11y agoYour position assumes that if a skill is not profitable it is not worth doing. I respectfully disagree with that premise. Who knows what kind of potential we are letting waste away because, due to lack of circumstance, resources and connections, it's not profitable to exploit it? I believe that by giving everyone a guaranteed minimum livable income, in turn freeing them from the shackles of wage-slavery, we would unlock an as yet unknown potential in humanity and foster an age of unrivaled innovation unlike anything we have seen up until this point. With the technology we have, one person can change the course of the future, yet we are content to let clearly qualified and skilled people flip burgers (edit: roll burritos in this case)? That's like running a company and confining your CTO mopping the floors all day.