This distinction of chores versus tasks has a corrupting influence on work.   It is form of the corrupting influence of money because we tie compensation or continued employment to the progress made during tasks.  This is different because money is not a factor.   Greed is not the cause of the corruption.   Instead, it is the corruption of having to justify one's position.   It is the corruption of being gainfully employed.  To justify employment, we need to show the gain.  Our work has to be important in some larger sense.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/27/necessary-without-being-important-chores/