The Death of Bullshit Jobs: How GenAI is Reshaping the Workforce
In 2018, the late anthropologist David Graeber shook the world of work with a provocative book called Bullshit Jobs.
His thesis was both devastating and liberating: millions of people spend their lives doing work that, deep down, they know doesn’t matter.
These aren’t just boring or unpleasant tasks. They’re roles that could disappear tomorrow and the world would continue on, largely unaffected.
Graeber called them “bullshit jobs,” and he categorized them into five familiar types.
