Jeff Id at The Air Vent is discussing his politics and how it can contaminate his objectivity. And he waxes philosophical about the human need for challenge and how it shapes his political views. The post is not very long but it is very deep.
Jeff looks at how the desire by some for greater rewards for less effort has political consequences. Followed by economic and social consequences. He also notes that it is inherently anti-human. Which got me to thinking about my views on the matter and how my attitude shapes my politics. So I commented:
In engineering if you are any good at solving problems things don’t get easier. You get assigned harder problems.
Personally I’m not interested in easier work for more pay. I’m interested in more difficult work for more pay. That makes me inherently a conservative.
I believe most engineers tend to think like that. Because 80% of all engineers are in the top 10% of the field. The rest are in the top 20% (heh). Which explains why most engineers tend to be conservative/libertarian.