Is Software Eating the Useless Class? The Story of Marc Andreessen

Re:Is Software Eating the Useless Class? The Story of Marc A... by jimrhods23 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @09:00PM (#19508057)

“Imagine six, or 10 billion people doing nothing but arts and sciences, culture and exploring and learning. What a world that would be.”

This kind of reminds me of the people I've met that want to start a company, but don't seem to realize that 99% of it is going to involve tasks that are not fun or enjoyable.

For a successful society, we need people doing work that nobody else wants to do, so we have can have successful artists and people that want to explore.

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Re:Is Software Eating the Useless Class? The Story of Marc A... by TechWriterTom on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @09:24PM (#19508219)

I think being a great scientist or artist revolves around doing repetitive tasks that aren't not fun or enjoyable. I believe people want to do difficult jobs, as long as they're meaningful.

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Re:Is Software Eating the Useless Class? The Story of Marc A... by jimrhods23 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @10:00PM (#19508458)

True, but what about the jobs that aren't meaningful, but still need to be done? and what about the people that aren't capable of being an artist or a scientist?

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Re:Is Software Eating the Useless Class? The Story of Marc A... by TechWriterTom on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @10:16PM (#19508545)

Any job that matters is meaningful. But that still leaves many working a bullshit job. That's no fun. As for people who aren't capable of becoming artists or scientists, which I think would be a small % of people, well I hope they have UBI and can live happily.

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