Why so many people work “bullshit jobs”| James Suzman | Big Think
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Published at : 08 Oct 2021
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Aaron Hurst https://youtu.be/H54vh7UI3_I Our society is fixated on working. Some of us work 80 hours per week at jobs that don’t fulfill us simply for work’s sake. Expert anthropologists, such as James Suzman, even go as far as to say that many of the jobs we work could be considered "bullshit jobs" - a complex job that is not entirely needed in the workforce. These jobs are created and executed because our culture, and lifestyle, are organized around the 8-hour workday. So why do we work "bullshit jobs?" Many economists would say it is to fix the problem of scarcity. But what many do not know is that in our society, we passed the scarcity threshold in 1980, and most everyone has their basic needs met. So much so that more food goes into our landfills than goes into our stomachs. If scarcity is no longer an issue, why are we still working over 40 hours per week? It’s because people have a humane instinct to work and be productive. If the 40-hour workweek is no longer serving our society, could we be approaching a new economic utopia? Suzman thinks so. In the present day, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers are turning away from unfulfilling jobs and diving headfirst into their hobbies - cooking, writing, painting, and creating. If we keep on this path, our entire economic system is bound to change, making for a richer world where everyone does the work they want to be doing. Read the video transcript: https://bigthink.com/videos/bullshit-jobs/ ———————————————————————————- About James Suzman: James Suzman, Phd is an anthropologist specializing in the Khoisan peoples of southern Africa. A former Smuts Fellow in African Studies at the University of Cambridge, he is now the director of Anthropos Ltd., a think tank that applies anthropological methods to solving contemporary social and economic problems. ———————————————————————————- Read more of our stories on employment and bullshit jobs: 3 ways to find a meaningful job, or find purpose in the job you already have ►►https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/3-ways-to-find-a-meaningful-job-or-find-purpose-in-the-job-you-already-have/ Here are the top 10 jobs of the future ►► https://bigthink.com/the-future/jobs-of-the-future/ America needs faster and cheaper pathways to good jobs ►► https://bigthink.com/the-present/education-pathways/ ———————————————————————————- About Big Think |
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