Counterpoint: I didn't really enjoy this book. The premise is great, but I think Graeber took a wildly successful article he wrote (entitled On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant) and needlessly turned it into an overly long and repetitive book. Love the guy, and really enjoy his other work, but this book just didn't do it for me. Read the article and you're golden.
Yeah, if you agree with him and/or already know this from experience, it's a lot of the same point with examples. My lib friend couldn't even get thru the essay without arguing the basic premise, tho. They definitely need just lots of examples and time to process the main point: markets are not rationale, despite what you've been told your entire life.
Fair point, yeah I think this book just wasn't made for me. I'm not the target audience at all, since I already agree with the premise. Glad he wrote it though since it's definitely good agitprop for libs!
I definitely agree. I was disappointed because I've really enjoyed some of his other writings but it gets bogged down in too many anecdotes without fully developing an analysis of the phenomenon. I really hope someone else can come along and develop what Graeber started.
Counterpoint: I didn't really enjoy this book. The premise is great, but I think Graeber took a wildly successful article he wrote (entitled On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant) and needlessly turned it into an overly long and repetitive book. Love the guy, and really enjoy his other work, but this book just didn't do it for me. Read the article and you're golden.
Yeah, if you agree with him and/or already know this from experience, it's a lot of the same point with examples. My lib friend couldn't even get thru the essay without arguing the basic premise, tho. They definitely need just lots of examples and time to process the main point: markets are not rationale, despite what you've been told your entire life.
Fair point, yeah I think this book just wasn't made for me. I'm not the target audience at all, since I already agree with the premise. Glad he wrote it though since it's definitely good agitprop for libs!
I definitely agree. I was disappointed because I've really enjoyed some of his other writings but it gets bogged down in too many anecdotes without fully developing an analysis of the phenomenon. I really hope someone else can come along and develop what Graeber started.
The longer book version is good if you want to really drive the point home but the main points are in the shorter article version
I recommend the article to all my lib/libertarian friends when they complain about work