On post-work. We discuss Anton's review of David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs and why it seems to have such appeal, even amongst elites. There is a crisis in the work ethic, but is it an error to counterpose work and leisure and simply opt for leisure? Is leisure even 'ours' anymore, or has it been fully colonised by capitalism? Ultimately, is the problem today more about bullshit in jobs, rather than bullshit jobs per se?
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/123/ Mr Bunga Goes to Washington (2) ft. Nicholas Kiersey
Excerpt: /122/ TFW NO GF
UNLOCKED /120/ Damaged Beyond Repair? ft. Anton Jäger
/121/ Those Murdering Bastards ft. Vincent Bevins
Excerpt: /120/ Damaged Beyond Repair ft. Anton Jäger
Excerpt: /119/ Reading Club: Digital Socialism
Excerpt: /118/ Three Articles: Covid
/117/ Against The Virus ft. John McAfee
/116/ Mr Bunga Goes to Washington (1) ft. Nick Frayn
Excerpt: /115/ Singapore Shangri-La ft. Lee Jones
Excerpt: /114/ Reading Club: The Light That Failed
/113/ Globoville ft. Richard Williams
Excerpt: /112/ Ideologies of the Near Future
/111/ Big Money Talk: The Case for MMT ft. Bill Mitchell
Excerpt: /110/ Three Articles: De-democratising
/109/ Bunga Goes Ballard ft. Simon Sellars
/108/ Coronageddon? ft. Mark Honigsbaum / Lee Jones
/107/ Ireland’s Return to History ft. Colin Coulter
Excerpt: /106/ The Endless Scrolling of Cinema ft. Maren Thom
Excerpt: /105/ The Lorax & the AK-47 ft. Leigh Phillips
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