I would absolutely watch a reality show in which coders and bankers had to do the work of subsistence farmers for a year.https://twitter.com/custerwork/status/1229463296287420419 …
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Replying to @BeijingPalmer
The spinning backwards triple-dunks on this Bloomberg clip seem to overlook that he's talking about pre-industrial subsistence farming not requiring a highly educated work force. It's the same thing as the Bernie clip, a reasonable point decontextualized for maximum outrage fuel
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a) the connection between tertiary education and modern economic success is surprisingly weak (Ha Joon-Chang is very good on this), b) it's quite possible to make this point without denigrating the learning of farmers.
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'this is a reasonable point made in a derogatory way' is not an argument for it.
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The single worst thing I ever saw anyone say about farmers was a guy who thought he was defending farmers by saying they might not have degrees but they, and I quote: "Know things like how to fix a fence."
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Why is this a terrible thing to say about farmers?
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