On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (366ES) — Atlas of Places

David Graeber était convaincu de la facilité avec laquelle on pourrait se passer de certains emplois et considérait même que la suppression des bullshit jobs nous permettrait globalement de travailler moins. S’il faut nuancer cette thèse et considérer avec prudence les chiffres que Graeber avance sur la question222, on peut tout de même facilement

We have become a civilization based on work—not even “productive work” but work as an end and meaning in itself.

Those who work bullshit jobs are often surrounded by honor and prestige; they are respected as professionals, well paid, and treated as high achievers—as the sort of people who can be justly proud of what they do. Yet secretly they are aware that they have achieved nothing; they feel they have done nothing to earn the consumer toys with which they