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23 hours ago · A prime example was the late David Graeber, whose 2018 book Bullshit Jobs was something of a sensation. Although Graeber doesn’t support his argument very well — his list of “bullshit” jobs includes such obviously useful things as pizza delivery, dog washing, and corporate law 1 — the notion that a large percentage of jobs could be eliminated without reducing real economic value ...
2 days ago · In its scope and ambition, Father Time reminds me of the 2021 bestseller The Dawn of Everything, in which anthropologist David Graeber and archaeologist David Wengrow contend that our ancestors were surprisingly creative, experimental and varied in their social arrangements. But Graeber and Wengrow left me thinking, So what?
1 day ago · Seemingly nudging me into delving deeper into the topic, precisely at that time, the English edition of David Graeber’s ‘Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia’ came out. This article stems directly from this initial attempt at a socio-legal engagement with piracy.
23 hours ago · The headline findings tell the whole story: 96% of bosses expect that AI will make their workers more productive; 85% of companies are either requiring or strongly encouraging workers to use AI; 49% of workers have no idea how AI is supposed to increase their productivity;
1 day ago · Berlant draws their observations about the pleasures and meanings of grassroots activism from the work of the late anthropologist and anarchist activist David Graeber, whose delightful little book Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology seeks to “offer a glimpse at the outline of a radical theory that does not actually exist, though it might ...
2 days ago · How can we use imagination to enlarge our sense of possibility? Over three sessions—themed Past, Present, and Future—we will build and flex this muscle through a combination of lecture, in-class writing, and discussion of short readings by Walidah Imarisha, David Graeber and David Wengrow, and others.
2 days ago · Almost 80 % of U.S. households are collectively holding $ 17. 69 trillion in debt, and the average U.S. household has $ 100, 000 in debt. One 2023 survey showed more than 78 % of workers live ...
