Complex Systems Won’t Survive the Competence Crisis
(www.palladiummag.com)
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They won't, which is why we can't just recede from educational institutions, but why we need parallel ones.
Frankly, I don't think the risk of a competence crisis is too great; because while public educational institutions are utter garbage; every single industry is building entirely parallel competence standards, built primarily around education, work experience, and institutional trust.
The problem is that it's so decentralized that no one really knows precisely how to make it into a standardized general education that can be used as a basis. They only know the expertise that their industry, or even only their company, is aware of. As the author points out, one of the wealthiest black business owners in America is focusing heavily on competence.
As the economic system collapses, we will be forced into major deflation, and a lot of the shit from the system will get purged. People will lose their jobs, careers, and businesses; as they should. The question is: how soon? If it's in 30 years, it will be far too late, and we will have already needed a parallel system. If it's this year, we'll have cut our losses.
For the most part, the article is just going over what I've been trying to talk about with the "Social Justice Racket", but I don't normally cover the credential system (because it's kind of implied).
Maybe that's ultimately a good thing. I can foresee a sort of new guild system, in which various industries run their own theoretical/practical instruction led by senior employees during paid apprenticeships, with escalating pay/benefits as practically demonstrated expertise grows.and the apprentice exhibits the skills and temperament to perform well.
The Fabians are pushing towards a guild system; so if we ended up with a guild system, the Universities would be the center of any learning or credentials.
They'll probably just try to make standardized routes the way IT is. Or the way a lot of blue collar jobs do (like Lincoln Electric welding certifications).
That's fucked up. My guild fantasy excludes universities deliberately, given what they've proven themselves to be. Technical experts would be instructed and certified by employees of the industries themselves, with those industries developing annexes dedicated to theoretical instruction relevant to apprenticeships.
It's sort of like the idea of a teaching hospital, but with those hospitals also providing theoretical coursework prior to internships, taking that role away from universities.