On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (366ES) — Atlas of Places

Hell is a collection of individuals who are spending the bulk of their time working on a task they don’t like and are not especially good at.

For instance: in our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it. Again, an objective measure is hard to find, but one easy way to get a sense is to ask: what would happen were this entire class of people to simply disappear? Say what you like about nurses, ... See more