Oddbean new post about login | logout People see parenting as something done instead of having a real job. Like being unemployed.
People... are ridiculous. I don't see much point in paying them any mind. What do "real jobs" do? Contribute to the GDP? Even the jobs that actually do something are looked down upon. The next most vital job after raising the people who make up society is feeding them, yet while "farming" is idealized "farmers" are ridiculed. Plumbers at #3 also aren't anyone's ideal. The result of real work is life, the result of imaginary work is money.