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Mere Ceremony

Colin Wright
Oct 10, 2023
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Mere Ceremony

Colin Wright
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July 11, 2023

In the 2018 book Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, anthropologist David Graeber addresses what he considers to be a fundamental issue with the way modern society operates and organizes: he believes that more than half the work modern humans do is pointless, and that engaging in such work—and treating it as if it's vital—is psychologically harmful for the humans …

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