On: The rise of the pointless job

[fullshark]

Yet another guardian piece that seems like it was written by an edgy teenager.

[kristianc → fullshark]

In this case the edgy teenager in question wrote the generally well-received 'Debt: The First 5000 Years.'

[tome → kristianc]

There were certainly plenty of hits of edgy-teenageriness in that book.

[microtherion → tome]

Not to forget this quote for the ages:

    Apple Computers is a famous example: it was founded 
    by (mostly Republi­can) computer engineers who broke 
    from IBM in Silicon Valley in the 1980s, forming little
    democratic circles of twenty to forty people with their
    laptops in each other's garages.

[walshemj → microtherion]

Laptops in the 70's do tell

[optimusmaximus → kristianc]

>generally well-received

>muh popular opinion

The fact that the writer happened to write something that lots of people enjoyed neither contributes to nor detracts from the fact that this article is full of willfully contrarian edge, befitting a teenager.