"Data science" related work is absolutely fundamental for fixing many of the world's sustainability problems and also creating conditions for more enjoyable and

"Data science" related work is absolutely fundamental for fixing many of the world's sustainability problems and also creating conditions for more enjoyable and fulfilled lives. Alas, we have political and economic systems that misallocate human talent at massive scale. This is not new or unusual. Heck, human life itself was never worth much when it came to power struggles between various oligarchies. People with a gift to work productively at the interface between digital machines and society should feel privileged and act on it rather than lament about bullshit jobs.