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Bullshit Jobs
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Bullshit Jobs
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Peter and Michael discuss "Bullshit Jobs" by anarchist anthropologist David Graeber. The result: two professional podcasters debating which jobs are real and which jobs are fake.
Where to find us:
- Our Patreon
- Our merch!
- Peter's newsletter
- Peter's other podcast, 5-4
- Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase
Sources:
- On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant
- 37% of British workers think their jobs are meaningless
- Average Annual Hours Worked by Persons Engaged for United States
- The times they are not changin’: Days and hours of work in Old and New Worlds, 1870–2000
- ‘Bullshit’ After All? Why People Consider Their Jobs Socially Useless
- Alienation Is Not ‘Bullshit’: An Empirical Critique of Graeber’s Theory of BS Jobs
- Many people feel they work in pointless ‘bullshit’ jobs, research confirms
- The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure
- Study: Leisure Time Declines
- USA Consumption as percent of GDP
- The Significance of Task Significance: Job Performance Effects, Relational Mechanisms, and Boundary Conditions
- Task significance and meaningful work: A longitudinal study
- Americans’ job satisfaction in 2024
Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod
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