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Comment by abernard1

Are those statistics I provided invalid? Is it not the case there's an entire (ascendant in some spots) political party based upon this phenomenon of the highly-credentialed yet downwardly mobile?

If, as you call it, the "OP's right wing nonsense" is wrong, where are the competing statistics? Where is the competing claim?

It's very clear, whether or not people want to admit it, that a large percentage of jobs in modern society are provided for and sustained by the government or its proxies. People would not pay for these things voluntarily, and the degrees backing them are knowledge work replaceable by AI. No one needs another policy paper.

We can apply this logic liberally to much routine art or marketing production, HR, "news" (almost all of it unoriginal and syndicated), support services work, routine charting and BI functions.

Indeed, it can be applied entirely to the wide swath of "bullshit jobs" [1] in the economy. When that term originated, people laughed because everyone knew it was true. Now people are frightened because AI will always be better and cost effective at bullshit. A fitting repose.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/150114331X

parent abernard1 3 months ago

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