Hidden Brain

Bullshit Jobs

09.04.2018 - By Hidden Brain, Shankar VedantamPlay

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Have you ever had a job where you had to stop and ask yourself: what am I doing here? If I quit tomorrow, would anyone even notice? This week on Hidden Brain, we talk with anthropologist David Graeber about the rise of what he calls "bullshit jobs," and how these positions affect the people who hold them.

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