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But we've (ab)used labor as a trade good for income. We have an entire ... "geometry" built on that "axiom".

If we don't replace wages as a social mechanism, then it's Arnold Kling's interpretation of Vickies and Thetes of "The Diamond Age".

This is breaking down, and people like Charles Murray write (frequently perceived-to-be) incendiary texts that lay a perceived more general breakdown in society at this breakdown's feet.

And in hiring, we see a lot of employers who don't have to hire well using personal preference instead of predicted employee effectiveness. Got tats? No job for you. Buy birth control? Not on my health plan. No BSCS? No thanks.

Murray at least gets the arrow of causation right here; some people who hold to a fear of rising barbarism think the decline begins with the population and employers are simply forced into this. They think we were okay when iron discipline reigned. I think many employers have a massive narcissism problem. But what else do you expect in a world where "social" means "selfies?"

I'm trying to automate industrial processes in a ... price-dynamic industry , and it's really bleak. You have actual Luddites out there. And, frankly, corporations seem to enjoy encouraging this.



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