Quantifying the massive premium paid to people who work in "bullshit jobs"
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3R9X6)
It's been five years since David Graeber's original, groundbreaking essay on "bullshit jobs" (socially useless busywork that everyone -- including the holders of bullshit jobs -- knew to be a tremendous waste of time), and now he's got a whole book on the subject (if you're in LA, you can see me interviewing him about it on June 13). (more")