[HN Gopher] Many people feel they work in pointless, meaningless...
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       Many people feel they work in pointless, meaningless jobs, research
       confirms
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2023-08-03 18:32 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | hoppyhoppy2 wrote:
       | See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36971826 ,
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36970410 from yesterday
        
       | lockhouse wrote:
       | That's because we've replaced jobs that involved growing or
       | building real tangible objects with jobs that either create
       | intangible objects or manage others that create intangible
       | objects.
        
         | PaulHoule wrote:
         | ... that's not really what I read from the chart in there. #1
         | and #2 are "Transportation and Material Moving", "Production
         | Occupations" (manufacturing?) and #5 is "Food Preparation and
         | Serving Related".
         | 
         | You certainly could drive a truck or flip burgers and feel
         | alienated but those are not white collar occupations where the
         | value of what you do is not at all obvious. I mean, we all have
         | to eat.
        
           | lockhouse wrote:
           | I'll admit I'm speaking from personal experience.
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           | At work it all feels so abstract and pointless, the only
           | thing I'm achieving that matters to me is that my employer
           | moves some of their money into my bank account.
           | 
           | Then I go home and grill some burgers after work and build a
           | bookshelf out of wood over the weekend and feel so much more
           | self worth.
        
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