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I've read his essays, but not his books. Graeber does what every popular nonfiction writer does. He starts with a provocative conclusion, and cherrypicks data to support it. Bullshit Jobs is particularly bad in this aspect.

https://www.economist.com/business/2021/06/05/why-the-bullsh...




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