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Re:The shittiest project I ever worked on (2013) by groestl on Friday May 24, 2019 @12:13PM (#20003012)
Don't forget that capitalism (with companies), and life itself does things that way. It's not necessarily elegant (although some might say it's actually elegant), but it works.
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Re:The shittiest project I ever worked on (2013) by jordanbeiber on Friday May 24, 2019 @01:38PM (#20003693)
Off on a tangent here, but I also see it in way that David Graeber describes: "the rise of the bullshit job", which in many ways makes me think about the fact that a lot of it is not far from privatized basic income.

A lot of us are being paid handsomely, but are we _really_ adding value to society by any other means that just being consumer machines?

I find it interesting to ponder these things. =)

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Re:The shittiest project I ever worked on (2013) by geezerjay on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:00PM (#20004353)
> which in many ways makes me think about the fact that a lot of it is not far from privatized basic income.

Research grants also fit that description quite nicely.

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Re:The shittiest project I ever worked on (2013) by wool_gather on Saturday May 25, 2019 @04:01PM (#20011013)
"It works", yeah, you're right, it does what it's meant to. Unstated, behind my angst, is the question of whether what its meant to do is actually worthwhile.
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