Why's that company so big? I could do that in a weekend
To me this post addresses the same naivety that David Graeber demonstrates when he claims that everyone not involved in hammering out a sheet of steel to make a horseshoe or pulling a plough is engaged in a bullshit job[1].<p>I think it&#x27;s not a coincidence, therefore that many of the people I run into who advocate a universal basic income, arguing tooth and nail against a job guarantee (the YC guys no different) is young, tech savvy and overly optimistic about the scope of automation to subsume all human labour within months.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;strikemag.org&#x2F;bullshit-jobs&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;strikemag.org&#x2F;bullshit-jobs&#x2F;</a>