Re:Jobs that no longer exist
by coldtea on Saturday October 15, 2016 @03:13PM
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>You don't seem to realize that allowing labor to move from critical/essential work to nonessential work is a good thing. That's how the system is supposed to work. What would you call sommeliers, chefs who create Michelin-rated restaurants, movie stars/writers/producers, surfing instructors, etc if not nonessential?
I call them "creative professionals who do what they do by choice".
The majority of non essential work is not "movie stars and Michelin chefs", it's either automatable burger flipping or bureucratic busy-work created to overcome the lack of a system for distributing social wealth outside of "roll around for it".
To put it in another way, we could maintain our current production and give free massages and pedicures to everyone with far fewer jobs than we have now.
I call them "creative professionals who do what they do by choice".
The majority of non essential work is not "movie stars and Michelin chefs", it's either automatable burger flipping or bureucratic busy-work created to overcome the lack of a system for distributing social wealth outside of "roll around for it".
To put it in another way, we could maintain our current production and give free massages and pedicures to everyone with far fewer jobs than we have now.