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Most of the time they are, at best, looking for solutions to problems their colleagues have created in the first place.
Even in the medical world I don't agree. For instance, how can it be that a company invests billions into the development of something like Viagra while millions of people are still dying from Malaria and similar diseases. That shows screwed up priorities.
Other diseases are the consequence of our way of life, for instance the diabetes epidemic, addiction problems, psychological problems, etc.
Plus, as harsh as it sounds, higher life expectancy is becoming an increasing problem for this planet. There are too many humans and they increasingly live too long. I don't exclude myself there...
Sure, we could not travel and communicate as easily, but was that really a problem? I don't think so. Hardly anyone had foreign relatives. There was no need to go and visit or deal with people abroad. People lived and worked in the same villages their whole lives.
Your issues with creativity go beyond the scope of this thread.
The biggest issue I see in highly specialized, advanced STEM jobs is that few Americans are going into the field. Our company makes components and systems for the ultra high vacuum industry, basically "space level" vacuum, used in R&D of materials and wafer development, among other things. Our main customers are universities, specifically PhD candidates in physics, advanced chemistry and materials science. The majority of the customers I deal with, at American universities, lets say do not have English as their first language. The thing that's dumber than allowing in ignorant, unskilled foreigners that have broken our laws to be here, is to turn away foreigners that have advanced skills, especially when learned at US universities, and force them to leave while we can't find Americans with the skills to do those jobs. Perhaps if the person referenced in the OP had gotten a degree that was in demand and produced a useful product or service, he wouldn't be complaining so much.
But of course anyone can get an English or other basket weaving degree. A PhD in physics? Not so much.
In 2012, Eric Auld, an unemployed 26-year-old with a master’s degree in English, created a fake job ad for an administrative assistant, paying $12-13/hr. He received 653 responses in 24 hours... 3% had master’s degrees.
Even in the medical world I don't agree. For instance, how can it be that a company invests billions into the development of something like Viagra while millions of people are still dying from Malaria and similar diseases. That shows screwed up priorities. .
No, it does not. Companies exist to make money for their investors, not to solve the worlds problems.
Money that will never be recouped? By whom? Big pharma? They make billions in profits every year at the expense of the ill, stupid, and spoiled...
You have no clue. Guess who depends on big pharma and other corporations' profits? The millions of working Americans who have trillions of dollars INVESTED in big pharma, etc., for their pensions/retirements. $24 trillion in investments, to be exact.
Technology has made much of the worlds population unnecessary and redundant. Even labor like road construction which once employed a small army of men with shovels and pick-axes can now be done by a small team with heavy machinery.
Unemployment of 50% will be the new normal across the world.
I have a friend that is a skilled HVAC technician. He is paid about $25 an hour to maintain and fix refrigeration equipment. That may seem like good money until earing it involves climbing onto the 25 ft. high roof of a Maine supermarket in a snowstorm to fix the ice cream cooler.
I was, a long time ago, a very skilled machinist and machine builder. Even in 1970 there ware not that many jobs demanding that skill. I went to college and received a degree in Environment Science. I found working in that field much more interesting and a lot easier than standing on a cold concrete floor for 8 hours a day 6 days a week. I am now retired and enjoy having conversations on these forums.
If asked I would suggest to any young couple that one of them study in the STEM area and work for a big private concern and the other something like Security management and work for the government. After forty years or so they have a good chance of retiring fairly well off.
I just paid a plumber $105 per hour to do some work. He owns his company but cannot find enough skilled labor to meet his demand.
Nobody is being pushed into these fields. If you didn't smoke, aren't an alcoholic, or a convicted child molester you might not fit in. However, that isn't to say there isn't good people in the field. My dad has been in construction for nearly 40 years, and I spent a decade in the business. I hated every minute of it. I had to drive a van full of Hispanics and grown men who didn't have a drivers license half the time. Furthermore, my summers were spent working in the Georgia heat. Always knew that from Memorial to Labor Day expect 10-12 hour a day and Saturday work. I had to work there full time for 5 years to get a week of vacation.
Construction isn't a career option you can fast track. I don't think there is anybody running a job site under the age on 35. I have seen young lead plumbers, electricians, and HVAC guys but a job superintendent.
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Guess who depends on big pharma and other corporations' profits? The millions of working Americans who have trillions of dollars INVESTED in big pharma, etc., for their pensions/retirements. $24 trillion in investments, to be exact.
