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This seems to be the same CNN crowd that is really excited about The World is Flat. High speed internet proliferation means that even individual jobs can be outsourced! Anyone in India can do nearly any job, for pennies on the dollar! Isn't this exciting and great!? http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-668400 quote:The reasons why the flattening of the world "will be seen in time as one of those fundamental shifts or inflection points, like Gutenberg's invention of the printing press, the rise of the nation-state, or the Industrial Revolution" Competing with everyone else with an internet connection, who ultimately are willing to work for a lot less sounds so great. I can't wait to find out if I have the character type to survive as middle-class. http://video.mit.edu/watch/the-world-is-flat-9145/ Frosted Flake fucked around with this message at 13:25 on May 5, 2016 |
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One of the examples in the talk is an impoverished ceramics dealer in Peru who opened an e-store and is now trying to get his people's locally made ceramics made in China for cheaper. This was an example of helping the local economy, for reasons I can't fathom. Sounds like this one guy will do okay, while selling out his entire village: selling their cultural heritage while also outsourcing their jobs. e: Now imagine Canada, the UK and the US as Peruvian villages and Mulroney, Thatcher and Reagan as the enterprising young man. Instead of pottery, they sold public institutions and whole industries. Progress! Frosted Flake fucked around with this message at 16:53 on May 5, 2016 |
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May 5, 2016 16:50
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How many STEM jobs will there be in 4 years? Between outsourcing, ITT Madras turning out grads that will want your job for less on a visa, and whatever other trends in the market, and a recession it's not much better. The market can only support so many petrochemical engineers. What would forcing arts majors into those fields do besides making more people compete for fewer jobs?
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May 5, 2016 18:15
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RedMage129 posted:The best part of the ballooning education costs is that now even the most basic jobs require a bachelor's degree but it's so commonplace that employers don't consider it worth paying more for. So you are required to go massively into debt and you're working for 12 to 15 dollars and hour as your grand reward. This while Boomers keep talking about working your way from the mailroom to the boardroom. I think you need a degree in Business Logistics to work in the mailroom these days.
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May 5, 2016 19:26
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I suppose it is a question of the purpose of the university system. Tuition in Ontario climbing 200% since 2000 is not related to the value of a degree. I would almost say the value is declining. However, as people have pointed out, you need a degree for many basic jobs.
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May 5, 2016 20:59
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