@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works
2026-04-20 17:59 UTC
"The way to get a job."
The way to get certain jobs, like doctor, lawyer, scientist, engineer. Professions.
Don't put education on some kind of pedestal. The very few people who were wealthy enough to attempt that shit had servants. They were rich enough to pursue the capstone of Maslowe's pyramid. Nearly no one else is. The rest of us require a trade or profession to make ends meet. Until you solve scarcity, one way or another, reject as decadent the image of the angelic lofty scholar who learns for the sake of learning.
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@HubertManne@piefed.social 2026-04-20 18:06
yeah that is exactly what im saying. it was never meant for every job to require it but it kinda became that way at some point. Never should have happened.
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@Soggy@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 23:31
> Until you solve scarcity, one way or another, reject as decadent the image of the angelic lofty scholar who learns for the sake of learning. No, fuck that. I will continue to consider learning for its own sake among the most interesting and important things a person can do.