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Read excerpts of his book or his essays on the topic. You might be suprised.
by originalvichy 5y ago
Read excerpts of his book or his essays on the topic. You might be suprised.
- seibelj 5y agoI read his writing, and I also read his Debt book and found it unimpressive and unconvincing.
- originalvichy 5y agoIf you read his book from cover to cover and found nothing that you would count even close to a bullshit job then alright I guess. You probably wouldn’t get hired to optimize resource usage and cut down redundancies in a private enterprise anytime soon.
- moneywoes 5y agoFor example?
- Aunche 5y agoI've read his essays, but not his books. Graeber does what every popular nonfiction writer does. He starts with a provocative conclusion, and cherrypicks data to support it. Bullshit Jobs is particularly bad in this aspect. https://www.economist.com/business/2021/06/05/why-the-bullshit-jobs-thesis-may-be-well-bullshit https://www.economist.com/business/2021/06/05/why-the-bullsh...
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoYou are linking to a critique. Here is the original essay: https://www.strike.coop/bullshit-jobs/ https://www.strike.coop/bullshit-jobs/