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By Michelle Martin (registered) - website | Posted June 16, 2010 at 07:00:50

A People said:

An information-based economy is based on a resource of high-skilled, well educated labour, people smart enough to know they want more out of life than just a job.

I'm having a little trouble with the second half of that sentence- it seems to imply that those with unskilled jobs, or who haven't had the opportunities that many of us here have had to pursue post secondary education or a skilled trade, for whatever reason, couldn't possibly care about quality of life and have no aspirations beyond their paycheque, or are too dumb to know that health care, recreation, culture, rapid transit etc. are important, too. That's a pretty big leap to make.

Of course, that may not be what you meant to say.

I'm just thinking of the suicides of overworked, underpayed, assembly-line employees in China (who make things like iphones). Presumably those who died by their own hand were smart enough to know that they wanted more out of life than just a job.

Comment edited by Michelle Martin on 2010-06-16 06:02:52

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