Bullshit Jobs
by David Graeber
Graeber's argument that a large share of jobs are pointless and their holders know it: flunkies, goons, duct tapers, box tickers, taskmasters. Provocative, funny, uneven.
Read it if…
you suspect your job accomplishes nothing and want company.
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Skip it if…
you want careful economics.
Try instead: The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change →
Three things you will actually use
- Pointless work damages people.
- Name it.
- Seek work that matters.
Do this first
Read the taxonomy chapter.
Our verdict
Pointless work, named.
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