Bullshit Jobs - Wikipedia ( en.m.wikipedia.org )

read it? is it worth a read?

it doesn’t seem to mention the two most obvious types

  • agents - people whose only job is intermediating, forwarding emails between a business and a customer, but not letting then talk directly. like employment agents who won’t reveal the name of the company, because they know you could just talk to each other directly: the agent knows he is useless.
  • police, military, bouncers - people who spend 99% of their time doing nothing, standing around on street corners. when they do anything, it is only to fight, beat or kill normal working/productive people.
Tedesche ,

People who have read this book might want to take a look at this Atlantic article detailing criticism of it—including that research data doesn’t support its claims.

Tedesche ,

People who have read this book might want to take a look at this Atlantic article detailing criticism of it—including that research data doesn’t support its claims.

Tedesche ,

People who have read this book might want to take a look at this Atlantic article detailing criticism of it—including that research data doesn’t support its claims.

Tedesche ,

People who have read this book might want to take a look at this Atlantic article detailing criticism of it—including that research data doesn’t support its claims.

BartsBigBugBag ,

Lmao, that was a terrible critique. Thanks for sharing though, I always enjoy reading opposing viewpoints, even when they’ve no real constructed argument.

Tedesche ,

I thought the argument was pretty clear: his claims aren’t backed up by the data.

BartsBigBugBag ,

It was less than a page of “critique” trying to address hundreds of pages of research. It doesn’t even pretend to examine his research thoroughly, and focuses on a single survey done, neglecting the entire argument the book makes, and nearly all data it presents.

BartsBigBugBag , (edited )

It’s really a great book, but if I were going to recommend Graeber to someone for the first time, I’d probably recommend Debt: The First Five Thousand Years. I think if you’re specifically after what Bullshit Jobs is offering, you’ll enjoy it well enough though. lol I just saw this was two years old.

Arbiter ,

OP must not have ready the book then, seems capitalism is still in place.

BartsBigBugBag ,

I don’t exactly follow, but okay!

Dalek_Thal ,
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Didn’t even know Lemmy was two years old tbh, thought it was no more than eighteen months old

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