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> 2/ "There is less and less actual work to be done due to technological progress." If this was true, there would be unemployment, not BS jobs. I think this co
by hrktb 8y ago
> 2/ "There is less and less actual work to be done due to technological progress." If this was true, there would be unemployment, not BS jobs.
I think this could be the main point of contention from where a lot of things flow.
It all depends on how we define 'actual work', but I think we can all agree that to do the same things as we did a century ago we need less effort and time.
We need less time to build a bridge, less time and human energy to wash our clothes etc. From there, where did that time go ? Some of it wen to help our survival, but the rest of it could arguably fall into 'BS' jobs.
We didn't get massively unemployed when we got better machines, we just found out other uses of our time that were seen as low priority before, but become good enough to be seen as 'work' afterwards. What was once considered a BS job becomes a standard job, the bar just gets lowered.
To get back to the point, I believe less works doesn't lead to unemployment, just new 'jobs'.