A review by knifecrow
Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America by Eyal Press

4.75

this almost feels like too much of a nitpick re. an incredibly well-researched, well-drawn book that refuses to allow for easy answers or conclusions but also doesn't compromise its moral rage at all, but the final chapter, contrasting tech "morally compromising" work and the privelleges these workers have and take for granted could have been contrasted one layer further, with the "dirty workers" like Facebook moderators, even the "mechanical turk" workers who have to uphold the sleek unerring fantasy of what corporate "online" promises. really felt like this area was a missing piece in bringing it all home -- the better-articulated understanding that it's class, not tech itself alone, that keeps you from doing physically and mentally destructive morally injurious "essential" work in the service of the people above you getting to wash their hands of its harms -- but also incredible, richly detailed book. I will return to this over and over, I already know.