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A review by nickedkins
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
4.0
I think the central idea of this book is important and the conversation needed to be sparked. Graeber does a great job of describing what bullshit jobs are, how they came about, what it's like to work one, and why we should be unhappy about them.
The qualitative claims seem like a stretch. The self-reporting approach makes sense in terms of assessing the psychological damage of working a bullshit job, but is less convincing if we're talking about the overall prevalence of such jobs, and Graeber stresses the '40% of jobs are bullshit' stat more than I think is justified.
Still, 4 stars, because I share lots of Graeber's values, and therefore the sections on why bullshit jobs are incompatible with a just and desirable society resonated particularly well with me.
The qualitative claims seem like a stretch. The self-reporting approach makes sense in terms of assessing the psychological damage of working a bullshit job, but is less convincing if we're talking about the overall prevalence of such jobs, and Graeber stresses the '40% of jobs are bullshit' stat more than I think is justified.
Still, 4 stars, because I share lots of Graeber's values, and therefore the sections on why bullshit jobs are incompatible with a just and desirable society resonated particularly well with me.