Imagine a future dominated by automation, where traditional jobs vanish, citizens invent fake job categories to avoid unemployment, exposing societal absurdity.
This urges embracing creativity and innovation rather than bureaucratic solutions. https://readmultiplex.com/2026/06/14/you-have-5000-days-navigating-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-31-the-category-inventor/
Many users criticized the automation era's fake job creation as dystopian government busywork and capitalist failure that already exists in unqualified roles, while a few offered general approval of the post.
@BrianRoemmele Fake jobs? Today’s graduates. I know consultants with no experience, never owned a business, no connections, and no history of employment before graduating with a cushy job who can’t explain what they get paid to do without reciting bullet point keywords listed like a resume.
Imagine a future dominated by automation, where traditional jobs vanish, citizens invent fake job categories to avoid unemployment, exposing societal absurdity.
This urges embracing creativity and innovation rather than bureaucratic solutions. https://readmultiplex.com/2026/06/14/you-have-5000-days-navigating-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-31-the-category-inventor/
@BrianRoemmele Im doubling down on glassblowing sea life sculptures in my garage and teaching manifestation to work-adverse divorcees…also, my ebook “telepathy for dog owners” is getting a 5k ad spend. Come to Maui learn to blow glass, manifest your desires and commune w: your dog.
@BrianRoemmele it will happen and yet very few are ready for that
@BrianRoemmele a society that needs everyone to work but doesn't need everyone's work will invent reasons to employ people.
@BrianRoemmele Imagine you're a govt bureaucrat, or even private sector bureaucrat, and you have no skills and are completely useless in the real world. What are you going to do?
@BrianRoemmele Vonnegut was imaging it all 75 years ago.
@BrianRoemmele A lot more of these happening. It’s amping up.
@BrianRoemmele It will happen. It’s inevitable. Imagine when all sci-fi books, movies and reality shows one day become real, 100 years or sooner from today. What then will the definition of work, be 🤔 “Foundation” is one of my fave sci-fi’s. Apple TV destroyed the series 🤮
"citizens invent fake job categories to avoid unemployment"
This is called the government. We are already there.
@BrianRoemmele this is such a trippy way to look at the future concept.
@BrianRoemmele Yesssss.
@BrianRoemmele Didn't Black Mirror do an episode about this?
@BrianRoemmele You mean the NBA, NFL, MLB, and UFC? ;-)
@BrianRoemmele We STARTED by inventing fake job categories to avoid unemployment. Perhaps we're just righting the boneheaded assumption that someone would enjoy being a software licensing compliance manager or whatever and not seethe with hate the whole time.
I'm going to spend time different.
@BrianRoemmele Distributism.
@BrianRoemmele I already have my fake job, I’m retired.
@BrianRoemmele Most of the email jobs are already fake
@BrianRoemmele A lot of gov employees have been taking fake positions/busy work for a long time. Private industry won't do it.
@BrianRoemmele Planning to become a head of the paper clip department in a Fortune 500 company, when Ai takes over.