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I do understand this perspective. It's just too bad that in our current system, our existence depends on getting and keeping a job. Of course if I ran a company

I do understand this perspective. It's just too bad that in our current system, our existence depends on getting and keeping a job. Of course if I ran a company I would only want the best employees and not really feel responsible for random people's lives/them not making ends meet. On the other hand, a lot of prospective employees are just trying to exist. And some people don't "dream" of work. Others dreams are just plain unrealistic. And some don't have things that make them unique. Frankly with 8 billion of us, people come a dime a dozen. Not every candidate can be Einstein. And fair if you reject them when looking for an Einstein. But where do the non-einsteins go then? How can they keep their existence? What are the societal effects when we handwave this group away and prefer not to think about it? In what ways will it come back to bite us?

blunderchief 3y ago
The author put it wrong. You don’t have to be unique versus billions, just unique enough to make a few rounds of judicious cuts. By the time they’re ACTUALLY looking at yours in detail, they’ve whittled candidates down to like 10 people (estimate — I’ve only been a hiring boss once and it was an indie pizza place, where the job requirement was basically “are you friends with someone I know and not drunk right now”)
jacknews 3y ago
This exactly. Everyone boasts about hiring the top 1% or whatever. What about everyone else. The entire system is broken. The reason we tolerate capitalism is that it fosters competition and innovation, which produces material plenty. But then it takes most of the benefits for itself, destroys the environment, and divides society into owners and wage-slaves. Capitalism is not that far from, and in a sense a continuation of, feudalism. Many dynasties from feudal times are still wealthy today, now owning companies instead of just lands. The question should be, with 8 billion of us, how should we live, together? What system do we need to maximize humanity, not just 'profit'?

blunderchief 3y ago

The author put it wrong. You don’t have to be unique versus billions, just unique enough to make a few rounds of judicious cuts. By the time they’re ACTUALLY looking at yours in detail, they’ve whittled candidates down to like 10 people (estimate — I’ve only been a hiring boss once and it was an indie pizza place, where the job requirement was basically “are you friends with someone I know and not drunk right now”)

jacknews 3y ago

This exactly. Everyone boasts about hiring the top 1% or whatever. What about everyone else. The entire system is broken. The reason we tolerate capitalism is that it fosters competition and innovation, which produces material plenty. But then it takes most of the benefits for itself, destroys the environment, and divides society into owners and wage-slaves. Capitalism is not that far from, and in a sense a continuation of, feudalism. Many dynasties from feudal times are still wealthy today, now owning companies instead of just lands. The question should be, with 8 billion of us, how should we live, together? What system do we need to maximize humanity, not just 'profit'?