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.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    11
    edit-2
    10 months ago

    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.

    • Dalek Thal
      link
      fedilink
      610 months ago

      Didn’t even know Lemmy was two years old tbh, thought it was no more than eighteen months old

    • @Arbiter
      link
      -110 months ago

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

  • Tedesche
    link
    110 months ago

    People who have read this book might want to take a look at this Atlantic article detailing criticism of it—including that research data doesn’t support its claims.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      010 months ago

      Lmao, that was a terrible critique. Thanks for sharing though, I always enjoy reading opposing viewpoints, even when they’ve no real constructed argument.

      • Tedesche
        link
        -110 months ago

        I thought the argument was pretty clear: his claims aren’t backed up by the data.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          110 months ago

          It was less than a page of “critique” trying to address hundreds of pages of research. It doesn’t even pretend to examine his research thoroughly, and focuses on a single survey done, neglecting the entire argument the book makes, and nearly all data it presents.

  • Tedesche
    link
    -110 months ago

    deleted by creator

  • Tedesche
    link
    -110 months ago

    deleted by creator

  • Tedesche
    link
    -110 months ago

    deleted by creator