An eye opening rationale for something that's clearly been happening my entire life (50+ years): people are more selfish, less educated, less responsible, and less kind than ever before.
After figuring out the fundamentals of physics in detail the last 100 years, what else is there except engineering replacement technology and the same old utilitarian day to day?
It’s clear that more people are educated but we’re still clinging to that division of labor meme hard, and turning grads into dumb ass data entry chimps.
Type shit into our app, that’s your job.
Software is reducing the amount of data being collected non-digitally and inefficiently; compressing redundancy out of the process in the form of data structures and normalization.
That’s only going to be the case long enough for ML-algorithms plus approve-button-pushers to be even more efficient.
The current wave of college educated data entry positions is a side-effect, not the terminal goal. Ultimately we’re on track to replace most degree-havers with CAPTCHAs.
We have the technology that anyone can take classes at the best schools ever created by humans for free but the average person wants to watch a guy eat a 100 hotdogs for time or a video of someone else reacting to the hot dog video.
The problem is so pervasive that it isn't even noticeable. And now grown adults with high school level mentality and professional development having children who are also adults and were, of course, raised with the same bad ideas.
Have you never heard the complaint that there's no service anymore? No loyalty anymore? And no good communication anymore? It's something old people say and it's true.
The premise of the author is that today's grownups are terrible (adolescent behavior and attitudes) because of the changes brought about by high school becoming a thing. He's complaining about my generation, not saying it's better.
The "better" (behaved) people are over 75 or dead.
Same for other professional services - businesses regularly offer discounts to new customers but not existing ones. Why should I stick with my bank, insurers or credit card when there are more advantages to churning?