36 votes

None of this is real and it doesn’t matter

5 comments

  1. [5]
    Eric_the_Cerise
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    David Graeber called this over a decade ago.

    David Graeber called this over a decade ago.

    15 votes
    1. [4]
      Greg
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      He absolutely did! It’s kinda nuts to me that the article starts by seeming to be totally in on the joke that is modern office work, but then ends with vague reassurances about improving...

      He absolutely did! It’s kinda nuts to me that the article starts by seeming to be totally in on the joke that is modern office work, but then ends with vague reassurances about improving management or running better meetings.

      You were so close there, guys - where’s the epiphany about a ton of jobs not needing to be done in the first place? Where’s the realisation that whole companies built on this bullshit and nothing else simply don’t need to exist? Where’s the understanding that maybe, just maybe, there isn’t enough productive work to be done to justify every adult on the planet still being tied to Victorian factory worker hours?!

      12 votes
      1. Eric_the_Cerise
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        See, I quit reading halfway thru when I recognized the theme; totally missed out on the insipid, anticlimactic ending there. Oh well, my loss.

        See, I quit reading halfway thru when I recognized the theme; totally missed out on the insipid, anticlimactic ending there. Oh well, my loss.

        5 votes
      2. [2]
        hobbes64
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        I remember a Dilbert years ago where he starts just flicking his fingers in the air and gets excited because he realizes he gets paid to do that, and most of what he does is meaningless. This was...

        I remember a Dilbert years ago where he starts just flicking his fingers in the air and gets excited because he realizes he gets paid to do that, and most of what he does is meaningless.

        This was back before Scott Adams reveled his true nature.

        5 votes
        1. Eric_the_Cerise
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          "The most amazing thing is ... I get paid ... for doing THIS." -- Steve Martin, circa 1975-ish.

          "The most amazing thing is ... I get paid ... for doing THIS."

          -- Steve Martin, circa 1975-ish.

          1 vote