<![CDATA[Sure, a lot of white collar jobs are bullshit but these “bullshit jobs” are also how millions of people feed their families.]]>Sure, a lot of white collar jobs are bullshit but these “bullshit jobs” are also how millions of people feed their families.

How is that so hard to understand?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/2ac90173-3242-421c-8b2d-164e82f52ef9/sure-a-lot-of-white-collar-jobs-are-bullshit-but-these-bullshit-jobs-are-also-how-millions-of-people-feed-their-families.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 01:52:45 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2026 16:32:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Sure, a lot of white collar jobs are bullshit but these “bullshit jobs” are also how millions of people feed their families. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:42:20 GMT]]>@carnage4life It's less that some jobs are pointless, lack meaning, or don't emit value. Our billing systems are shifting from accounting for hours (and tokens) to measurable outcomes. Like just in time factory inventory, this pushes the cost of slack upstream, onto workers. That slack time is where people think, bond, study, dream, renew, become wiser - neither measurable nor valued.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/evanwolf/statuses/116477902193646040https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/evanwolf/statuses/116477902193646040Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:42:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sure, a lot of white collar jobs are bullshit but these “bullshit jobs” are also how millions of people feed their families. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:25:11 GMT]]>@carnage4life Underutilized workers are slack in the office factory, a resource hard and costly to source but necessary when called for. Temp/contract/gig work eroded that. Remote work widened the talent pool, cutting friction more. And now we're spinning up specialists.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/evanwolf/statuses/116477834770429633https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/evanwolf/statuses/116477834770429633Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sure, a lot of white collar jobs are bullshit but these “bullshit jobs” are also how millions of people feed their families. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:15:59 GMT]]>@jeromio I am aware of his ideas and the criticisms of them. Are you?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/carnage4life/statuses/116477798612269685https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/carnage4life/statuses/116477798612269685Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:15:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sure, a lot of white collar jobs are bullshit but these “bullshit jobs” are also how millions of people feed their families. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:13:27 GMT]]>@carnage4life
You're soooo close to getting it. David Graeber goes into detail on this topic.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://triangletoot.party/users/jeromio/statuses/116477788673971992https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://triangletoot.party/users/jeromio/statuses/116477788673971992Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:13:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sure, a lot of white collar jobs are bullshit but these “bullshit jobs” are also how millions of people feed their families. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:39:29 GMT]]>@carnage4life I wrote about this coming up on 2y ago. My conclusion then:

"So maybe there’s a happy ending here. Maybe the truth of AI taking peoples’ jobs is bullshit AI taking peoples’ bullshit jobs. The disruption is going to be awkward, but hopefully we all get to spend our time more meaningfully."

But maybe I'm coming at it from a European perspective of 'the social safety net might be gossamer thin, but it's still there' rather than whatever it is playing out on the other side of the Atlantic.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/cpswan/statuses/116477655120262267https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/cpswan/statuses/116477655120262267Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:39:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sure, a lot of white collar jobs are bullshit but these “bullshit jobs” are also how millions of people feed their families. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:38:42 GMT]]>@carnage4life isn't this the arguement? We kinda already have UBI, but on the form of large corporations and governments employing a bunch of people with not that much to do? 😅

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/gromgull/statuses/116477652027834723https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/gromgull/statuses/116477652027834723Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:38:42 GMT