Benjamin Doxdator gives a testy review of Ted Dintersmith's book on education reform, What Schools Could Be. "When people like Dintersmith spin the myth that high school doesn't give students any hirable skills, it isn't a neutral description of the economy, but rather part of an agenda to absolve corporations for stagnating wages and precarious work." This reminds me of something else I read today, It's not technology that disrupts our jobs, it's the change in society that precedes the technological change and makes it possible. "It's worth stressing that the "technology" of temp work — and the possibility of replacing entire work forces with it — existed for years before corporations made the decision to start adopting it."
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