John: if trends continue, within a decade the US may no longer be the best place for the most skilled workers (2014)
prediction · status: its date passed (2024); no outcome reported · last event: predicted (2014-03-18) · owner: John
In March 2014 John said a skilled programmer with a choice of passports was probably still best off in the US, but that if current trends continued this might no longer hold within a decade.
About: United States, Slovenia, equality of opportunity
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-18 | predicted | John: if current trends continue, within a decade the US may no longer be the best place for skilled workers such as female programmers. (hedged) | Is the American Dream Real? 00:03:10 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2014-03-18 · Is the American Dream Real? — John says socioeconomic mobility and equality of opportunity in the 21st century are better described as the 'Danish Dream' than the American Dream. — 00:01:30
- 2014-03-18 · Is the American Dream Real? — John grants that the regulations and redistributive tax policies that improve equality of opportunity elsewhere limit innovation, partly why Apple, Twitter, Google and In-N-Out Burger began in the US. — 00:02:31
- 2014-03-18 · Is the American Dream Real? — John worries systemic inequality of opportunity will deny promising future innovators their chances and make the US progressively less appealing to the most skilled. (hedged) — 00:02:45
- 2014-03-18 · Is the American Dream Real? — John concludes that systemic inequality of opportunity is bad not just for Americans living in poverty but for all Americans. — 00:03:13