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Widespread Recognition Of Meaningless Work
- Many workers recognize their roles as unnecessary and feel demoralized by them.
- Graeber estimates roughly 37–40% of people report their job makes no meaningful contribution.
Managerial Incentives Preserve Useless Roles
- Corporations often keep and grow managerial and administrative roles rather than fire them for efficiency gains.
- Prestige and internal incentives make executives resist eliminating such positions even when automation could replace them.
Managerial Takeover Transforms Universities
- Universities shifted from faculty-centered to administrator-centered institutions as managerialism rose.
- Administrators create new paperwork and roles that generate further administrative work.
