wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:18:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


If history is a guide to the future a global conflict is likely ...
basically WWIII that will completely restructure how businesses operate
in the USA. It's inevitable.

Meanwhile, unskilled jobs will continue to decline. Higher education
will continue to be a prime prerequisite for those jobs that exist even
in small businesses. The days of expecting middle class wages and
enjoying a middle class lifestyle with nothing more than a high school
diploma are over.


I am not really sure what those "college" jobs will be either. The
traditional job for a liberal arts major was middle management
somewhere. Without the "labor", you do not need that many managers.
Just like a lot of jobs, middle management and the infrastructure than
comes up around them, was replaced by computers.
Even before I left, IBM had stripped out several levels of management
completely. A lot of "offices" disappeared.
I agree educational requirements for jobs are higher but that is not
because the job demands that education, it is simply because there are
a glut of college educated people looking for a job.

As I said: revolution.
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