"In his book, Mr Graeber relied heavily on surveys of British and Dutch workers that asked participants whether their job made a meaningful contribution to the

"In his book, Mr Graeber relied heavily on surveys of British and Dutch workers that asked participants whether their job made a meaningful contribution to the world. This seems a high bar to clear" It is not at all, in fact it's pretty basic. Every nurse, farmer, firefighter, garbage man etc. can answer "yes" in good conscience. Asking whether the job is "useful" is pretty meaningless though, even utterly meaningless jobs are useful to someone.