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BS Jobs w/ David Graeber (2018)

Srsly Wrong

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Why Do We Need to Fire Themselves?

Under the logic of capitalism efficiency is such a primary concern. If you can figure out where to support people otherwise the work itself is totally unnecessary. There are millions of people like these idiotic jobs. And now it's time for David Grayber's Five Types of Bullshit Jobs. Number one is a flunky. You downsize them and you speed them up and you tailorize them but the guys in the meaningless positions like East Coast Vision, coordinator of brand manager, that kind of stuff, those guys don't get fired.

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