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I was surprised by the cheerleading in HN when Graeber’s work was published because it made no sense to me. I personally think that 70% of people who work in an
by radmuzom 5y ago
I was surprised by the cheerleading in HN when Graeber’s work was published because it made no sense to me. I personally think that 70% of people who work in any company in which Paul Graham has invested are doing bullshit jobs - but surely no one cares what jobs I consider bullshit.
- lmohseni 5y agoBut that’s the rub, a job is bullshit iff the worker doing the job considers it bullshit. Also, it’s a matter of degrees. You don’t have some part of your job that you honestly don’t consider to be bullshit? A meeting that could have been an email? Some interaction with HR? You’ve never once been effected by political infighting or careerism? If so I’d love to hear what you do.
- smcl 5y agoFor what the worth that is something I have found myself believing in recent years too