I don't think I've ever heard or read a single thing David Graeber has said or written that I didn't agree with. Here he is in a short Radio 4 podcast condensing his theory of bullshit jobs into a gentle five minute polemic in case you haven't got around to reading his book yet, which I urge you to do.
37% of Brits, when asked, said they believe that if their job disappeared tomorrow, it would make absolutely no difference to society at all. Are you one of them? Try and be honest with yourself (it's not easy).
And why is it, that the more actual value a job adds to society (think the low pay of "keyworkers", whose vitality, if it wasn't already obvious, has been highlighted massively by the COVID crisis) the less you're paid to do it?
Something is very, very wrong. And everybody knows it.
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