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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
one so completely pointless that even the person who has to perform it every day cannot convince himself there’s a good reason for him to be doing it.
from Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
Reuben Nathaniel added 1mo ago
No one seems to feel free to say what they really feel about such matters—at least in public.
from Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
Reuben Nathaniel added 1mo ago
Could there be anything more demoralizing than having to wake up in the morning five out of seven days of one’s adult life to perform a task that one secretly believed did not need to be performed—that was simply a waste of time or resources, or that even made the world worse?
from Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
Reuben Nathaniel added 1mo ago
it was really a political project dressed up as an economic one.
from Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
Reuben Nathaniel added 1mo ago
“lifestyle liberalism, fiscal conservativism”)—had
from Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
Reuben Nathaniel added 1mo ago
but, at the same time, foster a simmering resentment against anyone whose work has clear and undeniable social value.
from Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
Reuben Nathaniel added 1mo ago
But it is the only explanation for why, despite our technological capacities, we are not all working three- to four-hour days.
from Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
Reuben Nathaniel added 1mo ago
All I did in the essay was to pursue this insight: whenever you find someone doing something in the name of economic efficiency that
from Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
Reuben Nathaniel added 1mo ago
As a result, hatred, resentment, and suspicion have become the glue that holds society together. This is a disastrous state of affairs. I wish it to end.
from Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
Reuben Nathaniel added 1mo ago