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 ===The [[Graeber paradox]]===
+Therefore we present what we will call the [[Graeber paradox]], in honour of the late contrarian and anti-capitalist agitant, {{author|David Graeber}}, whose short book {{br|Bullshit Jobs: A Theory}}<ref>This book once almost got the JC fired. Long story.</ref> makes this case:
 {{quote|''If I fix broken processes, machines will do everything, and I will be out of a job. If I don’t, nothing will work properly, and I could be out of a job.''}}
-This is the dilemma of modern professional work. Call it the [[Graeber paradox]].<ref>So named for {{author|David Graeber}}’s book, [[Bullshit Jobs: A Theory]], which once almost got me fired. Long story.</ref> Being but ants on the planet’s face we are, at some stage, doomed. Our mortal frailty will get us in the end. We are damned if we do, damned if we don’t, and since damnation lies at a point up the road, which ever path it takes, we choose not to move forward ''at all''.
+Behold, the dilemma of modern professional employment. Being but ants on the planet’s face we are all, at ''some'' stage, doomed. It is just a matter of when. Our mortal frailty, or a [[silver bullet]], will get us in the end. We are damned if we do, damned if we don’t, and since damnation lies at a point up the road, whichever path it takes, we choose not to move forward ''at all''.
 ''Let damnation at least make the effort to come and find me, rather than seeking it out''.