Well. it's a collection of essays, so the point is less clear than Bullshit Jobs, but it's largely about bureaucracy, how public and private bureaucracies are basically indistinguishable, and how they maintain a facade of respectability over situations that are, in his words, already stupid, because of factors of inequality and arbitrary authority and the like.
I'll be honest, a part of me was disappointed in the subject matter. I kinda thought it was going to be about the modern tendency in society to make new rules or laws in reaction to singular events, and how the mentality behind that is basically that, with the right set of rules on the books, you would have a Utopia (hence the name, I thought). It's not about that, and it's good for what it is, but I'd still like to read something about that other topic.
Well. it's a collection of essays, so the point is less clear than Bullshit Jobs, but it's largely about bureaucracy, how public and private bureaucracies are basically indistinguishable, and how they maintain a facade of respectability over situations that are, in his words, already stupid, because of factors of inequality and arbitrary authority and the like.
i think thats what gave me the most trouble
I'll be honest, a part of me was disappointed in the subject matter. I kinda thought it was going to be about the modern tendency in society to make new rules or laws in reaction to singular events, and how the mentality behind that is basically that, with the right set of rules on the books, you would have a Utopia (hence the name, I thought). It's not about that, and it's good for what it is, but I'd still like to read something about that other topic.