| ▲ | wiseowise 5 hours ago |
| Not a phase, I’d argue that 90% of modern jobs are bullshit to keep cattle occupied and economy rolling. |
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| ▲ | nkrisc 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| You know, that would almost be fine if everyone could afford a home and food and some pleasures. |
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| ▲ | Retric 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Jobs you don’t notice or understand often look pointless. HR on the surface seems unimportant, but you’d notice if the company stopped having health insurance or sending your taxes to the IRS etc etc. In the end when jobs are done right they seem to disappear. We notice crappy software or a poorly done HVAC system not clean carpets. |
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| ▲ | nkrisc 35 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | This just highlights the absurdity of having your employer responsible for your health insurance and managing your taxes for you. These should be handled by the government, equally for all. | |
| ▲ | jdasdf 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > HR on the surface seems unimportant, but you’d notice if the company stopped having health insurance or sending your taxes to the IRS etc etc. Interesting on how the very example you give for "oh this job isn't really bullshit" ultimately ends up being useless for the business itself, and exists only as a result of regulation. No, health insurance being provided by employers, or tax withholding aren't useful things for anyone, except for the state who now offloads its costs onto private businesses. |
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| ▲ | yoyohello13 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Your claim and the claims that all white collar jobs are going to disappear in 12-18 months cannot both be true. I guess we will see. |
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| ▲ | onion2k 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It's possible to automate the pointless stuff without realising it's pointless. | | | |
| ▲ | beeflet 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I think they can both be true. Perhaps the innovation of AI is not that it automates important work, but because it forces people to question if the work has already been automated or is even necessary. | |
| ▲ | zzrrt 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Well, if a lot of it is bullshit that can also be done more efficiently with AI, then 99% of white collar roles could be eliminated by the 1% using AI, and essentially both were very close to true. |
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| ▲ | palmotea 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > Not a phase, I’d argue that 90% of modern jobs are bullshit to keep cattle occupied and economy rolling. Cattle? You actually think that about other people? |
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| ▲ | wao0uuno 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I think what he meant was that the top 1% ruling class is keeping those bullshit jobs around to keep the poor people (their cattle) occupied so they won't have time and energy to think and revolt. | | |
| ▲ | Ekaros 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Or for everyone in chain of command to have people to rule over. A common want for many in leadership positions. At least two ways, you want to control people. And your value to your peers is the amount of people or resources you control. |
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| ▲ | KoftaBob an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | It seems more like they're implying it's those at the top think that about other people. |
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