Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they...
by glesica on Sunday March 22, 2015 @08:40AM
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Yes, but we have to automate all the "bullshit jobs" before that can happen. Otherwise people who don't want to be doing them get stuck doing them. "Bullshit job" isn't a judgement against people who enjoy something, it is a judgement against the system that forces people to do "work", even when they aren't interested in it and it doesn't really contribute much to society.
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Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they...
by fwn on Sunday March 22, 2015 @10:05AM
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> "Bullshit job" isn't a judgement against people [...] it is a judgement against the system that forces people to do "work"[...] and it doesn't really contribute much to society.
I know this is probably not what you've meant, but: I do think that this can be seen as pretty judgemental. Contribution (without parameters/scale) to society (without further specification) feels very subjective to me.
Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they...
by glesica on Sunday March 22, 2015 @11:09AM
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You're right, that sounded pretty pretentious and high-horsey. I just meant that if a job can be automated cheaply, then we all generally benefit from automating it, assuming the people previously doing it are cared for.