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“Play-to-earn” and Bullshit Jobs

In Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, David Graeber makes the case that a sizable chunk of the labour economy is essentially people performing useless work, as a sort of subconscious self-preservation instinct of the economic status quo.

https://paulbutler.org/2021/play-to-earn-and-bullshit-jobs/