Peter and Michael discuss "Bullshit Jobs" by anarchist anthropologist David Graeber. The result: two professional podcasters debating which jobs are real and which jobs are fake.

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On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant
37% of British workers think their jobs are meaningless
Average Annual Hours Worked by Persons Engaged for United States
The times they are not changin’: Days and hours of work in Old and New Worlds, 1870–2000
‘Bullshit’ After All? Why People Consider Their Jobs Socially Useless
Alienation Is Not ‘Bullshit’: An Empirical Critique of Graeber’s Theory of BS Jobs
Many people feel they work in pointless ‘bullshit’ jobs, research confirms
The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure
Study: Leisure Time Declines
USA Consumption as percent of GDP
The Significance of Task Significance: Job Performance Effects, Relational Mechanisms, and Boundary Conditions
Task significance and meaningful work: A longitudinal study
Americans’ job satisfaction in 2024

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