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Bullshit Jobs - Wikipedia (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by roastpotatothief@lemmy.ml to c/books@lemmy.ml
 

read it? is it worth a read?

it doesn't seem to mention the two most obvious types

  • agents - people whose only job is intermediating, forwarding emails between a business and a customer, but not letting then talk directly. like employment agents who won't reveal the name of the company, because they know you could just talk to each other directly: the agent knows he is useless.

  • police, military, bouncers - people who spend 99% of their time doing nothing, standing around on street corners. when they do anything, it is only to fight, beat or kill normal working/productive people.

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[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It’s really a great book, but if I were going to recommend Graeber to someone for the first time, I’d probably recommend Debt: The First Five Thousand Years. I think if you’re specifically after what Bullshit Jobs is offering, you’ll enjoy it well enough though. lol I just saw this was two years old.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OP must not have ready the book then, seems capitalism is still in place.

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 1 points 2 years ago

I don’t exactly follow, but okay!