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0 pointsshimman3d ago0 comments

The type of work matters and understanding how capital interacts with labor is something that hasn't really changed over the last 150 years (not the first time productivity tools have been introduced in capitalism).

All we are going to get is increased mass surveillance and molding software engineers into more assembly line work.

Both things do not sound good or reasonable nor wanted by a majority in our industry.

But sure! Being able to do more busy work is useful I guess, too bad the workers will never benefit from such a scheme; hopefully the masses don't overthrow the country, but I wouldn't blame them if they did.

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moconnor1h ago

I’m not saying I prefer it like this. Just stating that the change is already inevitable.

weakfish3d ago

+1, it feels very much like a case of _feeling_ more productive because you’re outputting more …stuff…, but IME, it’s easy to produce a lot of stuff that isn’t useful and just creates a productive vibe (pun intended)

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