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Too Many Jobs Feel Meaningless Because They Are
1 Aug 2018
A new book argues that work that is of no real value has proliferated. No wonder productivity is stagnant.
Review of “Bullshit Jobs” on El Diari de l’Educació (in Catalan)
Oct 2022
OPINIÓ: Bullshit jobs
This article presents the main ideas from Bullshit Jobs, including the five categories of meaningless work, and offers a brief profile of David Graeber. Building on these premises, the article explores how these types of jobs and categories affect the field of education—particularly criticizing the absurdity of trying to quantify what is inherently unquantifiable, such as educational skills.
Author: editorial staff at El Diari de l’Educació (an education-focused newspaper)
El Diari de l’Educació offers journalism space committed to education, and a forum for analysis, reflection and exchange of the entire educational community of the Catalan language territories.
DGI volunteer Pere Carrillo Camps: This article focuses on education. It effectively explains how the logic of bullshit jobs has infiltrated pedagogical approaches and influenced current educational practices.