[kg]

I'm definitely not in favor of creating needless jobs, and companies that can be creative and do more with less in a sustainable fashion (without creating a poor quality of life for those doing it) should be rewarded. That being said, overworking people and pushing them aside when they fall out of fashion is short sighted and will create long term problems for society as a whole.

[ovi256]

  will create long term problems for society as a whole.

Even worse, it creates an externality, a debt that society will pay for the corporation.

[yummyfajitas]

What externality does increased productivity cause?

[vl]

>I'm definitely not in favor of creating needless jobs

Most jobs are already needless. Consumerism helps to keep wheels turning. As the time goes, situation is going to get worse. The question is how society is going to get restructured if 80% of its workforce can't produce anything viable anymore (i.e. produced cheaper without involving said workforce)?