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The pain of useless work (17 June 2026) (2013). Doing useless work is a violence.: source: Graeber, David. (2025). Bullshit Jobs. Eris Gems. Originally published as “The phenomenon of bullshit jobs: a work rant,” Strike! Magazine, issue 3, August 2013.

via: browsing Selected Stories in southeast Portland, with a vague memory of seeing the title on Hacker News (it has been posted quite a bit).

17 June 2026 labor economics markets market-failure
Rest isn't idleness (11 June 2026) (2026). Rest serves work. Idleness serves nothing, and is beautiful because of it.: source: Umilio, L. (2026). “On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness.” The Idle Gazette (idle.news), 30 May 2026.

via: kottke.org (2026-06-10).

11 June 2026 labor economics