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On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs, by David Graeber (2013)
- bshepard 4y agoit seems worthwhile to note Graeber's extremely loose relationship with aspects of reality that didn't fit his very narrow political stance -- said post if about another book, but it's likely that the bullshit jobs work has similar flaws: https://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2013/01/the-very-last-david-graeber-post.html https://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2013/01/the-very-last-david-g...
- skinnymuch 4y agoI couldn’t keep reading. Who cares about the Apple example. Some errors doesn’t erase the mountains of great work he has done.
- cyber_kinetist 4y agoNot again... David Graeber has personally made an account here on HN in the past, and directly commented on Delong's bullshit antics more than 4 years ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17162935#17164707 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17162935#17164707 You're welcome.