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  • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Bullshit Jobs

    No, the actual definition that Graeber uses for bullshit jobs is not relevant for this discussion. Corporate Lawyers are his classic example, but those are jobs that don’t have a ton of idle time. Other jobs, like night security guard or condo doorman, are by no means recent inventions, and exactly the type of people who used to pass the time with radio and magazines.

    If you’re saying that there’s a rise in idle time for people, I’m not sure it comes from our jobs.