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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory is a 2018 book by anthropologist David Graeber that postulates the existence of meaningless jobs and analyzes their societal harm. He contends that over half of societal work is pointless, and becomes psychologically destructive when paired with a work ethic that associates work with self-worth. Graeber describes five types of meaningless jobs, in which workers pretend their role is not as pointless or harmful as they know it to be: flunkies, goons, duct tapers, box tickers, and taskmasters. He argues that the association of labor with virtuous suffering is recent in human history, and proposes unions and universal basic income as a potential solution.

Bullshit Jobs - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2018 book by David Graeber Bullshit Jobs Author David Graeber Subject Organizational culture , cultural anthropology , critique of work , white-collar worker Published May 2018 ( Simon & Schuster ) Pages 368 ISBN 978-1-5011-4331-1 Bullshit Jobs: A Theory is a 2018 book by the American anthropologist David Graeber that postulates the existence of meaningless jobs which cause psychological harm. He contends that over half of societal work is pointless and becomes psychologically destructive (when paired with a work e

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