The plumber, the doorman, the road construction worker...
I think that all of us work towards a better life, a better day. One of
the ways to do that is to create wealth and one of the ways to create
wealth is through technology. Technology, by itself, though, doesn't
always automated every task and every obligation that humans require,
like, say, plumbing.
The reality is that as we more ahead technologically, there will
always be gaps in what we can automate. "Progress" is everything you
can define as that which you can accomplish without thinking about it:
Technology helps us get there but doesn't always solve the lower level
details along the way.
If this is true, we have to accept the fact that some jobs, at
least for now, will always require a human to do them. It makes me
think twice about college since, technically, if everyone had a college
degree (like 100% of the population), wouldn't you then need a master's
degree to "get ahead"?
I don't know what this ultimately means... does it mean that we
should all be getting degrees? Who is left to mop the floors? If we all
get degrees, then are we all super-fantastic? If not, then don't we
need Master's and PhD degrees? What happens to society if we then need
to be in school for another 3-6 years? Can we assume our lifespans are
that much longer?
My social democratic side struggle with relativism while my
republican fiscal side thrives. Perhaps the point of human nature, no
matter what, is that some people will always suffer and some some
people will always thrive, no matter the circumstances.
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