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Dumping shallow work onto other people is not only legit but often necessary. It's just economics 101. Before computer was invented, "computers" were people who
by raincole 3y ago
Dumping shallow work onto other people is not only legit but often necessary. It's just economics 101. Before computer was invented, "computers" were people who did the ultimate shallow work - computing - so the mathematicians could actually do math.
Inventing shallow work, however, is the root of evil.
- haswell 3y agoI don’t necessarily disagree, but I do think there’s a case to be made that such dumping needs to happen more mindfully than it has in the past, and/or in some cases isn’t dumping at all, but just a division of roles/responsibilities (which I think is what you’re getting at). But in any case, this is not what the book is about.