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> Ok, so, he wrote another book with a bad name hence this other one is bad too. Nice logic. Did I say that…? I think generally people have useful jobs (to so
by astrange 4y ago
> Ok, so, he wrote another book with a bad name hence this other one is bad too. Nice logic.
Did I say that…?
I think generally people have useful jobs (to someone) but that doesn't stop them from complaining about it.
- dopidopHN 4y agoYeah but that chain of comments was originally talking about James C. Scott "against the grain". A historian specialized in early agricultural history and thus relevant here in that comment section about early human history. I even got confused and thought that Scott wrote "bullshit job", but it's Graeber. In regards to jobs: I think it's perfectly conceivable that one job is useful to a few, but generally pointless for society.