I think this dynamic is a great example of utilitarian morality diverging from intuitions about a what constitutes the Good Life.
i.e. “toil away at a random job you don’t really care about to subsidize other well-off people doing more interesting work” definitely doesn’t pass the smell test for “this is what the Good Life looks like.”
I strongly empathize with this framing.
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I think this dynamic is a great example of utilitarian morality diverging from intuitions about a what constitutes the Good Life.
i.e. “toil away at a random job you don’t really care about to subsidize other well-off people doing more interesting work” definitely doesn’t pass the smell test for “this is what the Good Life looks like.”