We’ve had decades—no— generations —where one’s self-worth came from their profession. And not just their trade, but the company where they work. And of course people were also parents and friends and members of society as well, but it’s almost like those were secondary to work.

As Graeber suggests, this partly came true, but instead of working half the week, we have somehow filled the remaining days with meaningless tasks. The very time and freedom we need to engage in meaningful activities and to imagine a better future is being squeezed by nonsense tasks. Historically, we needed more labourers to produce goods and servi