From 197634b90259ac4966fad563424c2979fbda34b7ed1afd67c272fed12695147d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Johnson Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: Add quote marks to quote --- content/entry/nobody-knows-how-many-bullshit-jobs-exist.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/entry/nobody-knows-how-many-bullshit-jobs-exist.md b/content/entry/nobody-knows-how-many-bullshit-jobs-exist.md index cc8c8c1..b1bc4fc 100644 --- a/content/entry/nobody-knows-how-many-bullshit-jobs-exist.md +++ b/content/entry/nobody-knows-how-many-bullshit-jobs-exist.md @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ draft: false --- Before I get into this, I need to define what bullshit jobs are exactly. To do that, I'll quote the person who popularized the idea, deceased American anthropologist [David Graeber](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Graeber): -> Bullshit jobs are jobs which even the person doing the job can’t really justify the existence of, but they have to pretend that there’s some reason for it to exist. That’s the bullshit element. A lot of people confuse bullshit jobs and shit jobs, but they’re not the same thing. +> "Bullshit jobs are jobs which even the person doing the job can’t really justify the existence of, but they have to pretend that there’s some reason for it to exist. That’s the bullshit element. A lot of people confuse bullshit jobs and shit jobs, but they’re not the same thing. > -> Bad jobs are bad because they’re hard or they have terrible conditions or the pay sucks, but often these jobs are very useful. In fact, in our society, often the more useful the work is, the less they pay you. Whereas bullshit jobs are often highly respected and pay well but are completely pointless, and the people doing them know this. +> Bad jobs are bad because they’re hard or they have terrible conditions or the pay sucks, but often these jobs are very useful. In fact, in our society, often the more useful the work is, the less they pay you. Whereas bullshit jobs are often highly respected and pay well but are completely pointless, and the people doing them know this." Here are a few examples: movie executives, sign spinners, academic administrative staff, telemarketers, middle management, gas pumpers, door assistants, etc. -- cgit v1.2.3