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Re:The Equality Conundrum: What kind of equality is good? by adwn on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:59AM (#22043348)
> More than half of all work in our society is unnecessary and inefficient busywork.

Source? Data? That sounds completely made up and does not match the reality I live in, at all.

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Re:The Equality Conundrum: What kind of equality is good? by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:52AM (#22052674)
I am not sure about hard data, but it matches my perception very well and is a widely discussed observation:

https://www.vox.com/2018/5/8/17308744/bullshit-jobs-book-dav...

If you search meaningless jobs or bullshit jobs, you will find countless articles, and various percentages given, from 25% to 70%. I think it's safe to say the number I not zero

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