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> mounting a massive Plato's Cave-like conspiracy to convince people they are doing something useful Maybe I'm missing something but I feel like that's what mo

by zqfm 8y ago

> mounting a massive Plato's Cave-like conspiracy to convince people they are doing something useful Maybe I'm missing something but I feel like that's what most of us are doing now anyway.

eeZah7Ux 8y ago
Spot on. Apart from so-called "bullshit jobs" that are spreading in the richest countries, how much work is mostly unnecessary, easy to avoid or to automate away? With "unnecessary" I mean that don't add much to the human experience.
bandrami 8y ago
No, you're exactly right