Is it possible that the way humanity has been dealing the with useless 1/3 of the population was to put them in middle-management positions? Consultants and the like?
Absolutely it is. Thats where we got the phrase “kicking them upstairs” from. Promote the useless guy to a position where they can’t actually do any damage.
If AI succeeds in replacing a lot of those “positions”, we’re going to face a tsunami of idiots.
Graeber states that more than half of societal work is pointless, both large parts of some jobs and five types of entirely pointless jobs:
Flunkies, who serve to make their superiors feel important, e.g., receptionists, administrative assistants, door attendants, store greeters;
Goons, who act to harm or deceive others on behalf of their employer, or to prevent other goons from doing so, e.g., lobbyists, corporate lawyers, telemarketers, public relations specialists;
Duct tapers, who temporarily fix problems that could be fixed permanently, e.g., programmers repairing shoddy code, airline desk staff who calm passengers with lost luggage;
Box tickers, who create the appearance that something useful is being done when it is not, e.g., survey administrators, in-house magazine journalists, corporate compliance officers, academic administration;[14]
Taskmasters, who create extra work for those who do not need it, e.g., middle management, leadership professionals.[1][4]
Remember when thr pandemic happened and we did a lock down and everyone had to stay home instead of going to work and basically nothing terrible happened?
That’s a somewhat odd statement coming from a stranger on the internet but I’m having one of those days where I’ll take anything that’s on offer. So thanks, I think I needed to hear that.
Is it possible that the way humanity has been dealing the with useless 1/3 of the population was to put them in middle-management positions? Consultants and the like?
Absolutely it is. Thats where we got the phrase “kicking them upstairs” from. Promote the useless guy to a position where they can’t actually do any damage.
If AI succeeds in replacing a lot of those “positions”, we’re going to face a tsunami of idiots.
Oh. Oh, oh my god. I think we need a space goat or something…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs
Remember when thr pandemic happened and we did a lock down and everyone had to stay home instead of going to work and basically nothing terrible happened?
I see you, I appreciate you. Thank you.
That’s a somewhat odd statement coming from a stranger on the internet but I’m having one of those days where I’ll take anything that’s on offer. So thanks, I think I needed to hear that.