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I think that if you filter-out the exaggerations in the article, the general message is still worth to reflect on. Some process doesn't get more efficient just
by GTP 2y ago
I think that if you filter-out the exaggerations in the article, the general message is still worth to reflect on. Some process doesn't get more efficient just by virtue of using a computer, and many tools we have now are more about good-looking interfaces than actual productivity.
- datavirtue 2y agoThis.
- rbanffy 2y agoNot only that, but a lot of the efficiency gains are directed towards tasks that, otherwise, would not be done because it wasn’t worth the cost. Now that the cost is low enough, their marginal gains absorb the resources that’s be freed by automation. That’s the origin of so-called “bullshit jobs”.
- SiempreViernes 2y agoSure, every fable has a grain of truth, but constantcrying put it more usefully here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40264453 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40264453 The OP is not worth reading unless you desperately miss the "ironic" invective laden writing of the early 00's.