Bullshit Jobs
David Graeber
11 people recommended it in 8 threads, 2018–2023.
1 commenter pushed back on it — worth reading the threads.
What people on Hacker News said
What I didn’t see, and this book discusses, is the vast swath of workers in all fields who feel, who know, that their job is worthless too. The book discusses the vast impact that this has on human mental health and societal direction.
Bullshit jobs is about the myriad bullshit managerial jobs we have and how we really shouldn't have them.
Bullshit jobs by David Graeber. It fundamentally makes you question how senseless human existence is due to our 9 to 5, bullshit-driven, Western corporate jobs.
Definitely disrupted my perspective on work and the monotonous, sometimes futile, insanity that some of us subject ourselves to in order to make a living.
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, made me realize that almost 50% of jobs in captialism are not really nessasary.
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