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Bullshit Jobs

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Bullshit Jobs

Von: David Graeber
Gesprochen von: Christopher Ragland
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 From David Graeber, the bestselling author of The Dawn of Everything and Debt—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences.

Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.

There are hordes of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs.

Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. “Clever and charismatic” (The New Yorker), Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation and “a thought-provoking examination of our working lives” (Financial Times). Anthropologie Arbeitsplatz- & Organisationsverhalten Erfolg im Beruf Sozialwissenschaften
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I found Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs an inspiring and challenging read. I also feel like I learnt about some key concepts in anthropology and cultural studies.

Sometimes the argumentation lacked rigour with unsatisfying claims made about empirically verifiable hypotheses.

I think he has brought together various ideas in an interesting way that challenges how we can think about work, and I now feel inspired to read further around the problems he identifies.

I found the reader was very weak, placing too strong and inappropriately placed emphases, confusing the meaning for the listener.

Very interesting book, very important ideas, disappointing reader

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Muss man gelesen haben! Überhaupt toll, dass jemand dieses Problem anspricht.
Leider ist die Gliederung nicht die Beste.
Oft stellt der Autor eine Frage um dann eine ganze Stunde von der Geschichte des Sachverhalts, über evtl. Einwände, politische Folgen, Gedankenexperimente zu berichten um dann die Antwort regelrecht in einem Absatz runterzusagen. Oft übergeht man diese einfach, wenn man nicht ganz aufmerksam zuhört.
Es stecken mit Sicherheit 5 einzigartige Ideen in dem Buch, aber es ist sehr leicht, diese in dem ganzen Geschwafel zu verpassen.
Also, muss man gelesen haben - allerdings Ausarbeitung lässt zu wünschen übrig.

Super, aber zu viel erklärt.

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A must read for anyone fed up with the ratrace. One of the most frustrating books I've ever read (well, listened to), due to its subject matter, but absolutely worth every minute.

An entry point to anti-capitalist thought that is probably much easier to sell to your friends on the fence than Marx ever will be.

I had some small issues with some viewpoints of the author, but overall it's an amazing book that I can only recommend.

A great entry point to anti-capitalist ideas

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I actually enjoyed reading the book. It gave me a great new way of looking at jobs. But I think one has to be cautious with the author. Between the lines one can distinguish the author being in love with victim-culture and man-hating feminist ideas which one may or may not agree.
Obviously the author seems to live in a fairy tale world in which milk and honey flow and he genuinely wonders why any one person living in such a world would ever let themselves down to do anything they do not enjoy. My guess is that this is due to the typical ivory tower thinking of university where people are paid high salaries working their hobbies and entertaining the next generation with their fanciful ideas under the pretence of educating them. It might be fun to study and teach anthropology but I would argue that one greatly increases their risk of finding themselves in a bullshit job after graduation if they have not spend their time in university actually learning something which they can use to provide value to the world (and this won't be anthropology).

Nice ideas but questionable author

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I liked the voice in general but found the tone change for for men and women strange.

The content was refreshing and really interesting. I will probably listen to it again in some time.

Important topic, interesting ideas

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