Episode #026 - English Learning for Curious Minds
Why Are So Many Jobs So Pointless? The Rise of The Bullsh*t Job
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John Maynard Keynes predicted that we would be working just 15 hours a week due to increases in productivity. Where did everything go wrong?
In today's episode we cover:
Bullsh*t jobs - a scar on our collective soul
What is a bullsh*t job?
5 categories of pointless jobs
15 hours a week - what went wrong?
Why do these jobs exist?
The demonization of 'good' jobs
What's the solution?
Story 1: "Guarding an empty room"
Story 2: "Copying and pasting"
Story 3: "Looking busy"
Story 4: "Sitting in the right place"
Story 5: "Pure and unadulterated bullsh*t"
Key vocabulary: Parental guidance, Phenomenon, Trickier, Pioneered, Anthropologist, Essentially, Scar, Virtually, Obscure, Viral, Guerilla, Activists, Commuters, Validated, Struck a chord, Resonated, Extension, Takes aim at, Vast, Got rid of, Pernicious, Justify, Obliged, Aggressively, Lobbyists, Telemarketers, Preventable, Code, Paperwork, Gestures, Proxy, Productivity, Astounded, Profitability, Inefficiencies, Systematic, Obsessed, Demonized, Look down on, Disparage, Inherently, Tangible, Universal basic income, Logic, Firsthand, Exposed to, Hit the nail on the head, Recount, Guarding, Ensuring, Sharp, Undivided, Twiddled my thumbs, Textbook, Nullified, Assigned, Contributing, Decorum, Monospaced, Absent minded, Diligently, Rubber band, PR, Stakeholders, Unadulterated, Foray
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Comentarios
A universal income would make what ancient Romans called clients, a government would not pay a universal income expecting nothing in return, governments should expect inconditional political support for instance
Totally disagree, this essay looks down at jobs from wealthy people's point of view , to me making possible that millions of human beings do make a living has a point