Are half the population of the Western world working bullshit, pointless jobs that contribute nothing to human society?
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/06/29/bullshit-jobs-and-the-yoke-of-managerial-feudalism?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/bullshitjobsandtheyokeofmanagerialfeudalismopenfuture
My intuition says, "Probably yes". But I'd like to see some better evidence. Is there some more objective way we can measure the value that someone's #work contributes to #society? The current metric is "If people will pay for it, it has value", so if we can't improve on that we have to accept that these jobs are not bullshit.
@mneme
It's a very interesting topic and a nice interview you linked, thanks for bringing it up