This article was written shortly after David Graeber’s death during the COVID era. It reflects on the societal push to return to schools and workplaces—not for meaningful engagement, but simply to fill seats and resume the cycle of Bullshit Jobs. As a tribute, the piece offers a brief overview of Graeber’s work and ends with a poignant reminder: we’ll miss him for telling us what we most need to hear—that it’s time to cut the bullshit.
Joan Burdeus Soler is a journalist at the digital cultural platform Núvol, where he writes about television, cinema, contemporary culture, and philosophy.
Comments by DGI volunteer Pere Carrillo Camps:
This is another example of a tribute to David Graeber, made particularly interesting by its timing—capturing the intersection between the pandemic and the critique of meaningless labor.