There are sci-fi depictions of perfect utopias where automation has maintained so much of modern life that people need neither learn nor contribute. But, not only would I be somewhat opposed to going in such a lethargic direction, we’re also a very long way from that sort of utopia, and we’d need more educated people to handle it.
I certainly don’t claim that the current pattern of “No one can afford medical school, no one can become a doctor, and thus no one can AFFORD a doctor” is a good one. But the work needed to invest in giving the world more doctors is still an investment, be it monetary or otherwise. Medical schools do not purely operate out of the goodness of their heart; they expect to work within a system (and be given their own means for survival).
There are sci-fi depictions of perfect utopias where automation has maintained so much of modern life that people need neither learn nor contribute. But, not only would I be somewhat opposed to going in such a lethargic direction, we’re also a very long way from that sort of utopia, and we’d need more educated people to handle it.
I certainly don’t claim that the current pattern of “No one can afford medical school, no one can become a doctor, and thus no one can AFFORD a doctor” is a good one. But the work needed to invest in giving the world more doctors is still an investment, be it monetary or otherwise. Medical schools do not purely operate out of the goodness of their heart; they expect to work within a system (and be given their own means for survival).