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by dannyw 2788 days ago
I don’t know where this whole idea of minimum wage interactions being a stepping stone in developing social skills came from, because I don’t think these sort of rote, algorithmic interactions help anyone develop anything.
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Football players train by dodging around predictable, stationary obstacles, even though on the field they'll need to dodge around unpredictable, moving obstacles.

Just because you need to use 6 skills at the same time in a real game, doesn't mean there's no value in an exercise that only develops 3 of the skills.