&gt; The vast majority of working adults in the US are employed in the making and selling of things people don&#x27;t need. A world without bullshit is total, utter economic collapse.<p>There&#x27;s little difference between &quot;things that people don&#x27;t need&quot;, and &quot;things that people may need but are done inefficiently&quot;.<p>In the late 19th century, you might have said that &quot;a world with cars means utter economic collapse of the whip-and-buggy-and-horse trades&quot;. And you would be right - but that just means people (and jobs) are reallocated to more useful stuff.<p>And that is what would (and should, but never will) happen if bullshit is eradicated -- rather than total economic collapse. This kind of eradication does not happen overnight - it takes a long time, and except for the incumbents who are too happy with their share, everyone sees it coming and adjusts accordingly.