Dazharion1d ago

[AThirdThing] A Fourth Thing

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65746858

Show threadMouselemming

But can they CORRECTLY:

Install a skylight?

Prune a tree?

Harvest strawberries?

“The laborer is worthy of his hire,” when their expertise serves the endeavor at hand, whatever that is.

(Does not include anyone who buys companies to fire the employees and sell off the assets, or corrupts whole industries with AI and data stealing. Anyone who’s bankrupted a casino and/or welched on due payments need not apply.)

Mar 21 at 8:47pmWeb
Show threadAjen1d ago
If they have a few hours of training in sure a brain surgeon, rocket scientist, or quantum scientist could do any of those things. Lots of educated people understand that the narrow focus of their education doesn’t make them good at everything else too. Unfortunately not all educated people understand that, though, and it seems like the over-confident ones get a lot more attentive.
Show threadMouselemming1d ago
From reports, they’re much more likely to quit before the end of the day
Show threadAjen16h ago
Being able to do something, and being willing to do it for other people for minimum wage are two very different things.
Show threadMouselemming16h ago
So pay strawberry pickers more, got it. Or have the physicists alternate days picking berries. It would get them out in the sunshine with plenty of time to think, and on lab days they could stretch out their aching backs by reaching into the top corner of the whiteboard to write equations.
Show threadAjen15h ago
When you asked if they could do those things “correctly,” I didn’t think you meant for an entire season as a laborer. I thought you were asking if they could perform the task once without mistakes.