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by fwn 4108 days ago
> "Bullshit job" isn't a judgement against people [...] it is a judgement against the system that forces people to do "work"[...] and it doesn't really contribute much to society.

I know this is probably not what you've meant, but: I do think that this can be seen as pretty judgemental. Contribution (without parameters/scale) to society (without further specification) feels very subjective to me.

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You're right, that sounded pretty pretentious and high-horsey. I just meant that if a job can be automated cheaply, then we all generally benefit from automating it, assuming the people previously doing it are cared for.