[zqfm]

> mounting a massive Plato's Cave-like conspiracy to convince people they are doing something useful

Maybe I'm missing something but I feel like that's what most of us are doing now anyway.

[eeZah7Ux]

Spot on.

Apart from so-called "bullshit jobs" that are spreading in the richest countries, how much work is mostly unnecessary, easy to avoid or to automate away?

With "unnecessary" I mean that don't add much to the human experience.

[bandrami]

No, you're exactly right