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David Graeber

Bullshit Jobs

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From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences.
Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After a million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.
There are millions of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs.
Graeber explores one of society's most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies…
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  • Kristinashared an impression6 years ago
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    The best read for making working days a bit more bearable while you're sitting out time in your next bullshit job.

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          more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it.
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          • Lida Mondragónhas quoted4 months ago
            Given the choice between less hours and more toys and pleasures, we’ve collectively chosen the latte
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            • Lida Mondragónhas quoted4 months ago
              did not need to be performed—that was simply a waste of time or resources, or that even made the world worse?
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