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This is a well written piece and I agree that self-diagnosing your own job as bullshit in a complex environment is not a great path forward. I also agree that a good portion of jobs that serve the "metabolism" do create economic value in an attributable sense.

The truth, though, it probably somewhere in between. Operations management tools exist to cut down on bullshit (inefficiency) and goal posts are moving so fast that it's making a lot of room for bullshit jobs, however they might be defined. Businesses are certainly not optimized, and there's a clear difference between, for example, needlessly delegating tasks as your sole responsibility, and actually serving to complete those tasks (at likely a fraction of the pay).