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If the jobs are truly unnecessary, the company and society will stop paying for them. If no one will do that work at a wage that the market will bear, then tha

by mlac 5y ago

If the jobs are truly unnecessary, the company and society will stop paying for them. If no one will do that work at a wage that the market will bear, then that job goes away. And from other comments it appears you only believe work happens when there is An exchange of money. Raising a kid is the hardest job and work that I’ve ever done. I don’t get paid money for that… Volunteers still “work”. The fact that they are volunteering shows they could be paid for their time and effort, but instead are doing it for free. But it’s not like they weren’t adding value as soon as the exchange of money is removed.

bjourne 5y ago
> If the jobs are truly unnecessary, the company and society will stop paying for them. This is a circular argument, isn't it? Why is the work necessary? Because society pays for it. Why does society pay for it? Because the work is necessary. I reject it. Money != value. > Raising a kid is the hardest job and work that I’ve ever done. I don’t get paid money for that… That's a good example of a task that is valuable (in the real sense) but not work (since it is voluntary). Here is how I define "work": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30127704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30127704