Iwao Kitamura wrote:
>
> a set of elements of physiological expenditure of human power
> -> (social process = a mapping) -> a scalar quantity
>
> IMHO, the additional quantity that a skilled labor creates more than a simple
> labor does doesn't come from its increase in productivity but its increase in
> socially determined scalar quantity mapped from their physiological expenditure
> of human power. It may differ upper or lower from the cost of the training etc.
>
Iwao, I have seen the argument made both ways: the scaler represents the
quantity of training or the extra productivity. The training solution
runs into the same problem as the problem of measuring constant
capital. Suppose that I am trained to have a skill that his specific to
the production of slide rules. For a number of years, my training is
validated by the realization of value by the slide rule makers.
Suddenly, with electronic calculators, my training is less valuable.
Still puzzled,
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