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David Graeber on Debt, Service, and the Origins of Capitalism
youtu.beAccording to Graeber, that narrative is fully false, and has the story backwards.
Alex Danco • Debt: the First 5000 Years
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Analyzing the rise and impact of bureaucracy in modern society, exploring its fusion with finance, expanding control, and challenging conventional ideas of globalization.
LinkOn the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (366ES) — Atlas of Places
atlasofplaces.comFor instance: in our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it. Again, an objective measure is hard to find, but one easy way to get a sense is to ask: what would happen were this entire class of people to simply disappear? Say what you like about nurses, ... See more
David Graeber • On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (366ES) — Atlas of Places
The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
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As we will soon be discovering, there is simply no reason to believe that small-scale groups are especially likely to be egalitarian – or, conversely, that large ones must necessarily have kings, presidents or even bureaucracies. Statements like these are just so many prejudices dressed up as facts, or even as laws of history.
David Graeber • The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
In our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it,” the late anthropologist and activist David Graeber wrote, in 2018.