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challenging
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.5
I talk openly about how much I don't like to work and how I think work as a concept is bullshit but what this book made me realize is that it isn't work I hate; work can be noble and meaningful. It's bullshit jobs I object to. And bullshit jobs aren't just, you know, ALL jobs, as tempting as that is to think. They're the pointless jobs invented to hold up the parts of capitalism whose sole purposes are to turn humans into machines & make piles of money (could be said, this is all current capitalism). Money shouldn't be tied to livelihood. Work shouldn't be tied to livelihood.
Additionally, Graeber reminds us that there are jobs some THINK are bullshit and could be done by robots, but actually have a caring-for-people element that can't be replicated. What if all jobs led with caring for people and providing meaning above all? He paints such a utopia. I want it so much my heart aches. And I'm so sad Graeber died in 2020.
Additionally, Graeber reminds us that there are jobs some THINK are bullshit and could be done by robots, but actually have a caring-for-people element that can't be replicated. What if all jobs led with caring for people and providing meaning above all? He paints such a utopia. I want it so much my heart aches. And I'm so sad Graeber died in 2020.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and War