What is the Meaning of Work Today? With Jeffrey Hanson
Beatrice Institute Podcast
What Is the Importance of Abstract Forms of Employment?
In this book, Corrosion of Character Richard Stenit argues that one of the problems with contemporary work is that it's often exceedingly abstract. What impact does the abstract nature of much post-industrial work have on the worker? I think it can be demoralizing for a great many people. David Grayber wrote this book called Bullshit Jobs and he estimated that about 50% of jobs meet no real explicit human need.
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