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    Christiane Amanpour‏Verified account @camanpour Jul 19

    Do you think your job is BS? You're not alone. A staggering number of people agree. The anthropologist @davidgraeber says "we've driven ourselves into this situation where we're essentially making up meaningless jobs just to keep ourselves busy." https://cnn.it/2O4HZP8 pic.twitter.com/Y4LG1dechw

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      2. Pat Arnold‏ @Parnold52 Jul 19
        Replying to @camanpour @davidgraeber

        There is no job that is meaningless, Mr. Anthropologist!

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      3. David Graeber‏ @davidgraeber Jul 19
        Replying to @Parnold52 @camanpour

        1. I didn't say "meaningless" I said pointless, 2. I'm just saying if the guy doing the job says it's pointless, s/he would know. Maybe you know better.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Pat Arnold‏ @Parnold52 Jul 19
        Replying to @davidgraeber @camanpour

        My apologies. I spoke before I listened to the interview. I've always been defensive about nonprofessional jobs, due to my lack of not going to college. Pls accept my sincere apology.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. David Graeber‏ @davidgraeber Jul 19
        Replying to @Parnold52 @camanpour

        No worries! It's the guys in the jobs that require degrees that are most likely to think their work is pointless truth be told

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      6. Rory Sutherland‏Verified account @rorysutherland Jul 20
        Replying to @davidgraeber @Parnold52 @camanpour

        Perhaps some significant part of the higher educational complex exists to lend perceived scarcity and hence legitimacy to the people rewarded for bullshit.

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      2. Jen Hogben‏ @JenHogben Jul 19
        Replying to @camanpour @davidgraeber

        It's interesting the number of people I've spoken to, who do worthy and useful jobs, that have a controlling, interfering supervisor whose only job seems to be making their life hell. How many jobs actually need supervision?

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      3. David Graeber‏ @davidgraeber Jul 19
        Replying to @JenHogben @camanpour

        type 5 in my typology actually is "taskmasters" - those who supervise workers who don't actually need supervision, and also those who make up bullshit for others to do.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Jen Hogben‏ @JenHogben Jul 19
        Replying to @davidgraeber @camanpour

        Still reading your book :)

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      1. Arjumand‏ @Arjumand07 Jul 19
        Replying to @camanpour @davidgraeber

        Interesting phenomenon he has highlighted !! Good that you reported about it to make many ppl realize thry really arent alone 😃

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      2. @jamesbutteryQP‏ @jamesbutteryQP Jul 19
        Replying to @camanpour @davidgraeber

        Perhaps, but no-one's going to fund meaningless employment if it isn't profitable.

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      3. grisaille‏ @CharlieSpider3 Jul 19
        Replying to @jamesbutteryQP @camanpour @davidgraeber

        Of course they will. "Get a job"(always said aggressively) is an ideological not a practical suggestion

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      4. @jamesbutteryQP‏ @jamesbutteryQP Jul 19
        Replying to @CharlieSpider3 @camanpour @davidgraeber

        So employers are altruists giving money away in return for nothing?

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      5. Michael O. Church‏ @MichaelOChurch Jul 19
        Replying to @jamesbutteryQP @CharlieSpider3 and

        Managerial feudalism. Executives don't care about what's good for their companies, so much as they care about remaining executives. Loyalty is more important than excellence, which is entirely optional.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. @jamesbutteryQP‏ @jamesbutteryQP Jul 19
        Replying to @MichaelOChurch @CharlieSpider3 and

        For privately owned companies sure, but everyone else answers to shareholders.

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      7. David Graeber‏ @davidgraeber Jul 19
        Replying to @jamesbutteryQP @MichaelOChurch and

        yes I know, since it can't be happening, then it must not be. Just ignore what the people who actually work in those corporations say is happening, ignore all the people who say they only work two hours a week... they must be wrong. They have to be.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. @jamesbutteryQP‏ @jamesbutteryQP Jul 19
        Replying to @davidgraeber @MichaelOChurch and

        ...definitely not reading 'the fucking book' now.

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      9. David Graeber‏ @davidgraeber Jul 19
        Replying to @jamesbutteryQP @MichaelOChurch and

        (as he claps hands over ears and starts humming)

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      1. Stretmediq‏ @stretmediq Jul 19
        Replying to @camanpour @davidgraeber

        I'm a paramedic so... No

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      1. Arjumand‏ @Arjumand07 Jul 19
        Replying to @camanpour @davidgraeber

        Mr David i would definetly read your book for more insights on the subject. Good effort indeed 👍

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      1. Lucky N Khumalo‏ @LuckyKhumalo4 Jul 19
        Replying to @camanpour @davidgraeber

        @davidgraeber #UBI advocates such as @scottsantens, @guystang are talking about it.

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