bs2 · @bsmall2
196 followers · 3346 posts · Server mstdn.jpI wonder if #Melville, #HermanMelville , with #Bartleby, #BartlebyTheScrivener, foresaw #DavidGraeber's #BullshitJobs. We have a new approach to the #Masterpiece of #ShortFiction now.
"I would prefer not to."
How many times have we been saved by this attitude? Noam Chomsky mentions a Russian Submarine commander and a USA #MaceMissile captain in #Okinawa come to mind. #AlmostExtinct #NoNukes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby%2C_the_Scrivener
#nonukes #AlmostExtinct #okinawa #MaceMissile #shortfiction #masterpiece #bullshitjobs #davidgraeber #BartlebyTheScrivener #bartleby #hermanmelville #melville