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[–] sobchak@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Capitalism is trying as hard as possible to replace people with machines, but there are a lot of jobs that machines simply can’t do.

This is not absolutely true. I've seen and worked manual jobs that could absolutely be automated by a fairly simple machine. There isn't much reason to automate low-paying jobs away.

There are also a lot of pointless "bullshit jobs." ~20% of people think their own jobs are pointless.

I've been around the tech startup scene for a while now, and they often do a lot of pointless work that everyone knows isn't useful, just because they know that's what's "hot" right now with investors.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago

There isn't much reason to automate low-paying jobs away.

Ok, fair enough.

There are also a lot of pointless "bullshit jobs." ~20% of people think their own jobs are pointless.

How many of them are right? Maybe some of them. But, a lot of people don't appreciate the whole system they're part of.

do a lot of pointless work that everyone knows isn't useful, just because they know that's what's "hot" right now with investors.

I doubt it's truly pointless. Sure, it might not end up working, but maybe the investor actually knows more than the workers. There are a lot of successful companies that I saw in their early stages and thought "nobody's ever going to pay money for that", and I was completely wrong.