Comment by nostrademons

He addresses this explicitly in the interview: he's not telling anyone that their job is worthless, he's saying that if you think your job is worthless, you're probably right. You, after all, have much better information than either your employer or a random anthropologist. And he said he received numerous heartfelt letters after his first article on the subject from people who had always thought that their jobs were pointless but never had the courage to say so explicitly.