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NancyLebovitz comments on What jobs are safe in an automated future? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 12 January 2012 09:59:02AM 5 points [-]

My impression is that requirements for credentials are at least as much an effort to identify conscientiousness and compliance as they are an effort to identify knowledge and intelligence-- which is not to say that it's a reliable method of identifying either.

Comment author: [deleted] 12 January 2012 10:56:07AM *  8 points [-]

My impression is that the credentials are far more about conscientiousness and compliance than knowledge or intelligence.