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.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.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.