Follow-ups to my tweetstorm yesterday about unacknowledged costs of dysfunctional systems, the possibility of systemic collapse, and how we can do better:
Ivan Illich coined the term “shadow work” to refer to mandatory drudgery that is unpaid, not counted in GDP, and seems to have expanded dramatically in past ~20 years: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_work…♻️
Shadow work = unpaid but necessary
Bullshit work = paid but unnecessary
Paid+necessary=essential services
Unpaid+unnecessary=all stupid work as well as great genius spec work