Thought for the day

I just picked up my lawnmower from the shop. The mechanic was efficient and competent. He has a specialized set of skills that I needed. But what he did required no college degree; no battles with ticks, topography, mosquitoes, briers, rain, heat, or cold; no decision on what to do with a natural resource with a 30 or more year economic maturity; no knowledge of soils, wildlife, entomology, plant pathology, silvics, hydrology, economics, or mensuration; and no ability to write cogent reports on complex subjects. His labor rate was $68 per hour. Think about it.