An interesting article: http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/08/29/bullst-jobs-part-1-of-%E2%88%9E/ … I think the *particular* genre of horsepuckey invoked here is very class inflected; the middle class both staffs and is bound by bureaucracies. The revealed preference and the stated preference for bureaucracies differs.
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And the ritual, the capitalism magicks by which I said, effectively, "Math is math" has a real purpose: it decreases the perceived risk of insurance fraud by forcing me to produce evidence that, if fraud existed, I'm a) in on it and b) unambiguously liable for the consequences.
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And yeah, in the instant instance, that's transactional friction... but it's not entirely the waste heat that is claimed by the "bullshit jobs" discourse. The world would benefit from decreasing the friction (*cough* web app *cough*) but the presence of it enabled the policy!
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@davidgraeber book on tape that he wrote after doing some sketchy research following the article's publicity. In his BS job taxonomy this is "Box Ticker." Business execs. were the only class of worker to deny BS jobs existThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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