The rise of the pointless job
Pointless jobs are much wider than this. Most jobs I can get are to perform a useful role in a useless pursuit.<p>Capitalism is supposed to be all about efficient resource allocation. However having the smartest people of a generation work on putting little text ads next to your search results and stock market chicanery is highly inefficient.<p>There is so much real work to be done. We shouldn't be wasting our time with fruitless pursuits in order to literally not die.