Bullshit jobs

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Published Sept. 20, 2018 by Garzanti Libri.

ISBN:
978-88-11-67266-1
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory is a 2018 book by anthropologist David Graeber that argues the existence and societal harm of meaningless jobs. He contends that over half of societal work is pointless, which becomes psychologically destructive when paired with a work ethic that associates work with self-worth. Graeber describes five types of bullshit jobs, in which workers pretend their role isn't as pointless or harmful as they know it to be: flunkies, goons, duct tapers, box tickers, and taskmasters. He argues that the association of labor with virtuous suffering is recent in human history, and proposes universal basic income as a potential solution.

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There are moments when I felt like the book was being stretched a bit, but it doesn't matter because the main point is an essential one. Our society is completely upside down. We need to decouple surviving and thriving from wage labor. And we need to do it fast. Also good to read this in combination with the Nancy Frasier interview about the Crisis of Care www.dissentmagazine.org/article/nancy-fraser-interview-capitalism-crisis-of-care

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drop copies of both in strategic locations until our collective sense starts to come back.

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