I tend to agree with both this post and the linked pg essay, which I just read for the first time.
I do have a qualm with something pg says in the essay though. He says that the cause of this situation is specialization and the increased time required for training, but at the same time he says that little to no real teaching is going on in schools. If specialization requires increased training, which requires increased time in schools, then how can we be achieving specialization without actually teaching anything during this extended time in schools? Surely the time itself does not make us capable of specialization.
Your first if statment = false. Most specialization doesn't require increased training. You're thinking of brain surgeons when most specialization means operating a cash register or pushing a button on an assembly line. Therefore most specialization doesn't need increased training but a numbing of ambition.
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I tend to agree with both this post and the linked pg essay, which I just read for the first time.
I do have a qualm with something pg says in the essay though. He says that the cause of this situation is specialization and the increased time required for training, but at the same time he says that little to no real teaching is going on in schools. If specialization requires increased training, which requires increased time in schools, then how can we be achieving specialization without actually teaching anything during this extended time in schools? Surely the time itself does not make us capable of specialization.
Your first if statment = false. Most specialization doesn't require increased training. You're thinking of brain surgeons when most specialization means operating a cash register or pushing a button on an assembly line. Therefore most specialization doesn't need increased training but a numbing of ambition.