"Fyodor Dostoyevsky developed the theory that the worst torture one could possibly devise would be to force someone to endlessly perform an obviously pointless task." ~ David Graeber
Source:
The Office: How Nonsense Conquered the Workplace – Wisecrack Edition (19:53), at 12m09s : https://youtu.be/_Lngf3J8vN4?t=729
there doesn't seem to be anything here