From David Graeber, the bestselling author of The Dawn of Everything and DebtтАФтАЬa master of opening up thought and stimulating debateтАЭ (Slate)тАФa powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobsтАжand their consequences.
Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled тАЬOn the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.тАЭ It went viral. After one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.
There are hordes of peopleтАФHR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyersтАФwhose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs.
Graeber explores one of societyтАЩs most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. тАЬClever and charismaticтАЭ (The New Yorker), Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation and тАЬa thought-provoking examination of our working livesтАЭ (Financial Times).
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