David Graeber’s anthropology of the concept of work

In Bullshit Jobs David Graeber endeavours to show that almost half of employment in wealthy societies is useless, not only for society but also businesses. Graeber provides a wide range of examples, but tends to focus on the mid to high salaried professions such as middle and upper management. You will have to read the book to ascertain whether or not you agree with the hypothesis, but I am certain many will agree that various occupations and even industries (accountants specialising in tax avoidance for example) could vanish completely without a negative effect on society whatsoever. If we can accept the idea that almost half of the work done could disappear without a real effect on overall productivity, then what could arise would be a redistribution of work whereby tasks could be shared by a larger group of people. We could work for less hours a day, less days a week and take longer holidays. Many people of the not-so-distant past (100 years ago for example) believed that this is the effect that increasing automation would have. Automation and AI has indeed advanced massively and will only continue to do so. And yet, we are working more than ever before. <a href="https://melanze-emoji.medium.com/david-graebers-anthropology-of-the-concept-of-work-ec35346a4547">Visit Now</a>