Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they...
by justincormack on Sunday March 22, 2015 @05:18AM
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The list was a list of jobs that people self declared as useless, not which Graeber decided were useless.
Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they...
by sjtrny on Sunday March 22, 2015 @05:20AM
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Are you sure? In the article it looks like it's a direct quote from Graeber.
Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they...
by justincormack on Sunday March 22, 2015 @05:21AM
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Yes, if you read the original bullshit jobs article it is clearer.
There are still plenty of jobs which are bullshit though. For example my girlfriend is an auditor. Most of her job would disappear if the infrastructure existed to have her clients financial records completely digitised. A program could then analyse the data (which is mostly done at the moment with a bunch of spreadsheets right now) and with higher audit coverage (they can only check/test a fraction of records and transactions). Her workload could go from 5-6 days a week to 2.