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Useless jobs waste human capital, natural resources and tend to be a net negative for the society by wasting everybody's time and money. See how bureaucratic st

Useless jobs waste human capital, natural resources and tend to be a net negative for the society by wasting everybody's time and money. See how bureaucratic structures appear when useless employees have to justify their existence and try to gain a social position by becoming road blocks. We'd really be better off without useless jobs. And the people doing them would have a chance to do something better with their time.

crimsonalucard 11y ago
Human capital is also wasted when no one is working. It's one and the same thing. You're just arguing for the fact that making people work ends up wasting more capital than just giving them money for free. AKA administrative overhead is what you're complaining about. You realize that distributing this money will also yield administrative overhead? As for natural resources, I believe centralized planning can often yield better allocation of natural resources then the free market. See the internet, national freeway system, and the hoover dam.
- stefantalpalaru 11y ago
  No, it's not just the administrative overhead. You're forgetting volunteering. Some of these people freed from their bullshit jobs will volunteer for whatever they deem important or interesting. That's a better use of human capital. When I talk about wasting natural resources I'm thinking about electricity for the office/plant, fuel for the commute, etc. Pretend-work is not without costs.
  - crimsonalucard 11y ago
    >You're forgetting volunteering. Volunteering is a weak argument. Generally people with free money and free time don't go to volunteering gigs. They go on vacation. >When I talk about wasting natural resources I'm thinking about electricity for the office/plant, fuel for the commute, etc. Pretend-work is not without costs. "Pretend-work" isn't an emergent flaw that arises out of putting people to work. You're describing bad management, which is a different sort of problem. Secondly, if you think "pretend-work" is the result of an oversupply of workers, I have to say that there are plenty of potential public projects in the United States that are targets human capital can be direct towards. The demand far exceeds the supply. Our country has the most inefficient urban infrastructure in the first world, so you can imagine how much can be done. Also note that there doesn't need to be demand in order for a public project to be filled. Before the internet was created there was virtually no demand for it. Public works projects can be directed towards ideas that improve society in general even if demand is nonexistent.

crimsonalucard 11y ago

Human capital is also wasted when no one is working. It's one and the same thing. You're just arguing for the fact that making people work ends up wasting more capital than just giving them money for free. AKA administrative overhead is what you're complaining about. You realize that distributing this money will also yield administrative overhead? As for natural resources, I believe centralized planning can often yield better allocation of natural resources then the free market. See the internet, national freeway system, and the hoover dam.

stefantalpalaru 11y ago
No, it's not just the administrative overhead. You're forgetting volunteering. Some of these people freed from their bullshit jobs will volunteer for whatever they deem important or interesting. That's a better use of human capital. When I talk about wasting natural resources I'm thinking about electricity for the office/plant, fuel for the commute, etc. Pretend-work is not without costs.
- crimsonalucard 11y ago
  >You're forgetting volunteering. Volunteering is a weak argument. Generally people with free money and free time don't go to volunteering gigs. They go on vacation. >When I talk about wasting natural resources I'm thinking about electricity for the office/plant, fuel for the commute, etc. Pretend-work is not without costs. "Pretend-work" isn't an emergent flaw that arises out of putting people to work. You're describing bad management, which is a different sort of problem. Secondly, if you think "pretend-work" is the result of an oversupply of workers, I have to say that there are plenty of potential public projects in the United States that are targets human capital can be direct towards. The demand far exceeds the supply. Our country has the most inefficient urban infrastructure in the first world, so you can imagine how much can be done. Also note that there doesn't need to be demand in order for a public project to be filled. Before the internet was created there was virtually no demand for it. Public works projects can be directed towards ideas that improve society in general even if demand is nonexistent.