The opposite of a merit-based immigration policy is when a private company and an individual willingly agree to sign a job contract, but a government intervenes to block it.https://twitter.com/WIRED/status/1121656319679717376 …
I believe in open borders, hard not to as a 3 time immigrant ... but I think more adaptable and pervasive remote work can level the labor market far sooner. So many politically destabilizing challenges with open immigration due to nationalism of various kinds :(
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True. More remote work is a step forward. It seems to already be helping knowledge workers worldwide. But remote work is only possible for a small set of jobs, and freedom of movement is also about finding a place where you belong You lived in
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. I could only study things that the government chose for me. Work opportunities were heavily influenced/restricted by gov. Access to books was very limited until the late 90s. (That changed
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