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Ever had the feeling that your job might be made up? That the world would keep on turning if you weren’t doing that thing you do 9-5? Anthropology professor and best selling author David Graeber explored the phenomenon of bullshit jobs for our recent summer issue – everyone who’s employed should read carefully…
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The books interview: The anarchist author, coiner of the phrase ‘We are the 99%’, talks to Stuart Jeffries about ‘bullshit jobs’, our rule-bound lives and the importance of play
Tony Smith's curator insight,
August 16, 2015 7:34 AM
Ordered Graeber's latest book as one more likely candidate for much needed list of references which save having to write too much from scratch. Appears to fit the spirit of Charles C Scott's Seeing Like a State and the Occupy Movement, both powerful illustrations of social emergence.
Scoop.it!
'Het oude geloof in 'jobs, jobs, jobs' negeert de overvloed aan zogenaamde bullshit jobs': banen waarvan zelfs zij die ze uitoefenen moeten toegeven dat ze eigenlijk overbodig zijn', schrijft Sarah Van Liefferinge van de Piratenpartij. Zij schetst hier een uitweg 'voor een leven waarin iedereen het steeds 'druk, druk, druk' heeft en burn-outs en depressies de norm zijn'.
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Scoop.it!
We perform empty tasks to protect the status quo of the one percent Hell-bent on endless wealth multiplication and profit enlargement The fruit ...
Scoop.it!
The books interview: The anarchist author, coiner of the phrase ‘We are the 99%’, talks to Stuart Jeffries about ‘bullshit jobs’, our rule-bound lives and the importance of play
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