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Re:On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by maratd on Monday August 19, 2013 @08:44AM (#6236883)
> The sales and marketing economy is zero sum.

This is false. I'll let those more gifted than myself to make the argument:

http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_a...

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Re:On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by FatalBaboon on Monday August 19, 2013 @09:03AM (#6236957)
Exceptions don't make rules, it's the other way around
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Re:On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by ricardoz17 on Monday August 19, 2013 @09:52AM (#6237183)
Except when its an "Exception that proves the rule" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule
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Re:On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by FatalBaboon on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @05:32AM (#6242600)
What I meant is you don't turn an exception into a generally applicable rule, but rules can infer exceptions.
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