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According to David Graeber, a huge share of our work is meaningless, but we can't admit it. Which is more devastating: knowing your job contributes nothing to the world, or being forced to pretend it does?
— reddit r/antiwork, Graeber's Bullshit Jobs
hint ✧ David Graeber's concept of 'bullshit jobs': the thesis that many jobs are socially meaningless.
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