Blog: Human Geography and Spatial Planning Remastered

We reflected and debated on the book “Bullshit Jobs” by David Graeber (2018), in the company of Prof. Dimitris Ballas. Graeber’s witty critique on expendable and mostly nonsensical jobs, gave us plenty of food for thought, and at the end I found myself inundated by a torrent of new ideas. It took me while to put my mind to rest, however, when the noise had completely disappeared, I was able to recognize where I stood in the “bullshit jobs” debate, and what lens I wanted to wear while writing this brief essay. My meditations took me to my own country, Mexico, where bullshit jobs abound.