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They are bullshit jobs for the overproduced elite who demand high status. Now they are going to find out these are only viable in the bull market.


Are you saying that the "builders" at facebook are salt-of-the earth plebeians? That has not been my experience.


>overproduced elite How many elite should there be?


Roughly speaking, the amount that can be absorbed into the power structure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_overproduction


> How many elite should there be?

The number we have today minus those unemployed minus those on responsible innovation teams. (Using the broad definition of elites, which captures pretty much everyone who went to college.)


Enough to staff all Starbucks outlets in the country. /s




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