5/5 Sometime in my early-20s I was overcome by the sense that modern society and its expectations were an insult to the intelligence of the average person.
Just read through “On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs” - really enjoyed it - I just had a conversation over the weekend about the guarded nature of academia as a form of oppression, and love your point that these things are built up out of a form of self preservation rather than outright malice. Thanks for the recommendation and it was fun to stumble on an insightful dive into something that has been on my mind
Just read through “On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs” - really enjoyed it - I just had a conversation over the weekend about the guarded nature of academia as a form of oppression, and love your point that these things are built up out of a form of self preservation rather than outright malice. Thanks for the recommendation and it was fun to stumble on an insightful dive into something that has been on my mind