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As a developer, sure, I feel more privileged than most, but I'm not complaining for myself. I'm complaining because we seem to have built a society which unnece
by maxdamantus 7y ago
As a developer, sure, I feel more privileged than most, but I'm not complaining for myself. I'm complaining because we seem to have built a society which unnecessarily overworks to produce stuff where the value added to people's lives is questionable.
I wouldn't be complaining if we were instead allocating that surplus working potential to solving real issues like climate change, or improving our understanding of the world, or making good software for the sake of having good software.
- scarejunba 7y agoWell, obviously you wouldn't be complaining if your pet projects were the ones that society allocated all labour to. If the value added is negligible people won't pay for it. The beauty of the market is that you have the freedom to reward your value producers.
- maxdamantus 7y ago> The beauty of the market is that you have the freedom to reward your value producers. Sure, you could do that, or you could go the easier route and just spam people with advertisements that trick them into buying your non-valuable product.
- paulryanrogers 7y agoWithout a hospitable environment or accessible, natural resources there won't be much of a market. Still, you make a good point: it all comes down to what we value individually. ... At least until that whole collective consciousness thing takes over.