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And what's wrong with lesser jobs? It means that eventually a society where life and status is not defined by mere employment emerges. Currently we have few re
by yason 16y ago
And what's wrong with lesser jobs?
It means that eventually a society where life and status is not defined by mere employment emerges. Currently we have few reasons to be unemployed that are acknowledged as okay: for example students and pensioners, maybe some others.
When the illusion that mostly everyone ought to be employed somehow, it means that it becomes ok to not do things that are seemingly productive in the short-term, like work. It will allow more acceptance for production of human values that can't be done under the traditional employer—employee relationship, like arts such as writing, composing, painting, and hacking.
The only reason to think everyone ought to have jobs is to be in a position where you benefit from it. Like manufacturing and selling things to people. But when production is efficient enough and/or people decide that they have enough, the bubble breaks and you will find the society with lots of unemployed people.