Bullshit jobs
"'Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world?' David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative online essay titled On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs. He defined a bullshit job as 'a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that e...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks,
2019.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs
- What is a bullshit job?
- What sorts of bullshit jobs are there?
- Why do those in bullshit jobs regularly report themselves unhappy?
- What is it like to have a bullshit job?
- Why are bullshit jobs proliferating?
- Why do we as a society not object to the growth of pointless employment?
- What are the political effects of bullshit jobs, and is there anything that can be done about this situation?
