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first you need to define “useless” which is probably the difficult task
by micromacrofoot 4y ago
first you need to define “useless” which is probably the difficult task
- sli 4y agoThis book is about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs It defines them this way: "a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence even though, as part of the conditions of employment, the employee feels obliged to pretend that this is not the case." It goes further and defines various types of thse jobs, with examples for each. Those are included in the Wikipedia article.
- Nifty3929 4y agoI hadn't heard of this book before, but I appreciate this from the wiki article: "As a potential solution, Graeber suggests universal basic income, a livable benefit paid to all, without qualification, which would let people work at their leisure." I think the 'without qualification' part is really important, so that there is no incentive NOT to work, and no stigma attached to receiving the money. Just give it to everybody and otherwise leave them alone.