Preprint / scholarly article

Valuing Work Beyond Bullshit: A WELLBY-Based Framework for the AI Era

K. Takahashi

Published
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.16924567

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Abstract

While subsequent empirical research has refined the prevalence and causal factors of subjectively meaningless work, a formal method for integrating its social and psychological costs into economic evaluation has been lacking.

Keywords

  • bullshit jobs
  • psychological cost
  • well-being
  • wellby
  • marginal contribution
  • social welfare function
  • Goodhart's law
  • AI safety
  • AI ethics
  • work-time reduction
  • universal basic income
  • workplace democracy

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