> This article really highlights how odd our methods of valuing output are. Ultimately if someone is idling for 6 years because they've written a program to do

> This article really highlights how odd our methods of valuing output are. Ultimately if someone is idling for 6 years because they've written a program to do their job for them, who cares? They are delivering the same output which hopefully the company deemed was valued at X amount BECAUSE it delivers Y amount of profit/returns. This is why, in 19th century, they've used to call wage labor, as opposed to self-employment, "wage slavery". You are selling your time, not the goods you produce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery