#david-graeber — Public Fediverse posts
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C'est assez incroyable effectivement !
Dans les mois et années qui viennent, il serait intéressant de récolter différents exemples de ce type afin de mettre en lumière la version #ia de ce qu'un certain #davidgraeber appelaient les #bullshijobs :rotflpuke:
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RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116454270791245630
been thinking about #DavidGraeber a lot lately. i think the Venn Diagram of people trapped in #BullshitJobs and aisloppers is a circle.
i would bet you that if people could earn a living without a bullshit job ―and, yes, a lot of tech work is bullshit― they’d have whole careers and lives outside of this capitalist hellscape.
capitalists are using #AI to gaslight us into believing we need them as the middlemen between our lives and a life worth living.
it’s a lie.
cut the middlemen out.
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#caturday finally I have a picture of #thedawnofeveryrhing worth #sharing !
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Some *light* reading -- history and prophecy...
I read #FrankWaters "#TheBookOfTheHopi" many years ago, but misplaced my old copy. Refreshing myself on #HopiProphecy and what it all means for the times we are living in.
#EricCline's "#1177BC" has been a good read. I'm finding his chapter about a "perfect storm of calamities" to be relevant to the age we are living in now, especially with regard to #ClimateCrisis and #Polycrisis.
Graeber/Wengrow's "#TheDawnOfEverything" has taken me a while to get through... So much to take in. Learning about power and systems of power and their origins.
"The Occult Features of #Anarchism" by #EricaLagalisse also deals with systems of power -- and how #MutualAid is part of true autonomy (I agree).
#Bookstodon #AmReading #ReadWithPride #BannedBooks #ToBeBanned? #ReadWhileItsStillLegal #BigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow
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Jeg har oversat Gæld: De første 5000 år af David Graeber
Det har taget mig 10 år og jeg er stadig kæmpe fan af bogen. Jeg synes den er vildt vigtig og glæder mig til at læse den igen med andre på dansk.
Der er paneldebat i Politikens Boghandel nu på mandag 23 marts med Emma Holten, Sine Plambech og Lotte Folke.
Kom ind og hør om gælden, pengenes, økonomiens og patriarkatets historie plus en masse andet. Og skaf bogen!
https://jppol.dk/kalender/emma-holten-og-sine-plambech-om-david-graebers-gaeld-de-foerste-5000-aar -
David Graeber named something that changes how the work feels: the world is not inevitable. It is made — by what people build, invest in, and refuse. Which means the communities forming right now, choosing different values under real pressure, aren't peripheral. They're part of how things actually change.
If this resonates, the reflection behind it is worth your time — Reflections: January 6th, 2021:
https://emotusoperandi.medium.com/reflections-january-6th-2021-a8a5a281d33d#DavidGraeber #Polycrisis #SystemsChange #MutualAid #LifeboatAcademy
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Bei Gläubiger denke ich sofort an das Werk von #DavidGraeber: Schulden, die letzten 5000 Jahre:
Religionen haben mit Schuld zu tun, mit Schulden, die bleiben ...
Spiritualität kann jeder Mensch als den Sinn in seinem Leben und die Verbundenheit mit Natur und ihren Kräften entwickeln, wenn er / sie sich von den billig-Lösungen der letztendlich mörderischen Religionen befreit hat, "#Frieden" ist nur ein Versprechen, wie "#ewigesLeben" und die #Apokalypse, die #US-Mächtige veranstalten
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Whoopsies! Apparently, #DavidGraeber thinks that people who conduct surveys are one of those #BullshitJobs. Well, I'd rather be farming and librarianing (is this a word? It is now) anyways!
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@cerement For those who don't know...
#DavidGraeber's List of Bullshit Jobs:
"Graeber states that more than half of societal work is pointless, both large parts of some jobs and five types of entirely pointless jobs:
- Flunkies, who serve to make their superiors feel important, e.g., receptionists, administrative assistants, door attendants, store greeters;
- Goons, who act to harm or deceive others on behalf of their employer, or to prevent other goons from doing so, e.g., lobbyists, corporate lawyers, telemarketers, public relations specialists;
- Duct tapers, who temporarily fix problems that could be fixed permanently, e.g., programmers repairing shoddy code, airline desk staff who calm passengers with lost luggage;
- Box tickers, who create the appearance that something useful is being done when it is not, e.g., survey administrators, in-house magazine journalists, corporate compliance officers, academic administration;
- Taskmasters, who create extra work for those who do not need it, e.g., middle management, leadership professionals." -
@gustavoduch me ha hecho pensar en este fragmento del libro El amanecer de todo de #davidgraeber y #davidwengrow donde habla de #colonizacion y #agricultura:
(ahora me he fijado que he puesto las fotos en orden inverso y edito para que quien lo lea, no se vuelva loc@)
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Came across this in a post about #SolarPunk a few weeks ago (post may be gone)... Anyhow, I've been reading #DavidGraeber and #DavidWengrow's book, "The Dawn of Everything," and thought the question posited by #Graeber was relevant to #SolarPunkSunday...
Are You An #Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!
"Every time you treat another human with consideration and respect, you are being an anarchist. Every time you work out your differences with others by coming to reasonable compromise, listening to what everyone has to say rather than letting one person decide for everyone else, you are being an anarchist. Every time you have the opportunity to force someone to do something, but decide to appeal to their sense of reason or justice instead, you are being an anarchist. The same goes for every time you share something with a friend, or decide who is going to do the dishes, or do anything at all with an eye to fairness"
David Graeber, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World, p 243, published 2009
"Chances are you have already heard something about who anarchists are and what they are supposed to believe. Chances are almost everything you have heard is nonsense. Many people seem to think that anarchists are proponents of violence, chaos, and destruction, that they are against all forms of order and organization, or that they are crazed nihilists who just want to blow everything up. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to. It is really a very simple notion. But it’s one that the rich and powerful have always found extremely dangerous.
At their very simplest, anarchist beliefs turn on to two elementary assumptions. The first is that human beings are, under ordinary circumstances, about as reasonable and decent as they are allowed to be, and can organize themselves and their communities without needing to be told how. The second is that power corrupts. Most of all, anarchism is just a matter of having the courage to take the simple principles of common decency that we all live by, and to follow them through to their logical conclusions. Odd though this may seem, in most important ways you are probably already an anarchist — you just don’t realize it.
Let’s start by taking a few examples from everyday life."
Read more:
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-maysurprise-you/#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #BuildingResilience #NoKings #NoRulers #Inequality #PowerCorrupts
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Neuer Plausch mit #DavidWengrow lohnt sich sowohl für alle, die Vertiefung und aktuelle Ergänzung zu »The Dawn of Everything« (zusammen mit #DavidGraeber 2021; Dt. »Anfänge« 2022) suchen, als auch alle, denen der Schinken zu dick ist.
Bietet wertvolle Rundschau zu den Reibungen zwischen historisch-ideologischen Mythen und soziologisch-archäologischen Erkenntnissen.
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that's a great splash screen to start a documentary
Adam Curtis: Can't get you out of my head (free on youtube)
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Next up in our book club: “The Dawn of Everything” by David Graeber / David Wengrow (first half, chapters 1-8).
Discussion takes place on Feb 17, 7pm CET, via Zoom. Doesn’t matter if you’ve finished, as long as you bring an impression. Would love to see some new faces! 💫
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“#TheDawnOfEverything”: #DavidWengrow & the Late #DavidGraeber On a New #HistoryOfHumanity -
2021
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Autonomies: **David Graeber: Revolution in reverse**
https://autonomies.org/2025/12/david-graeber-revolution-in-reverse/
David Graeber is an anthropologist at Goldsmiths College, University of London. In his previous books, particularly Towards An Anthropological Theory of Value and Fragments of An Anarchist Anthropology, he has spelt out his view of the need for a link between radical politics and … Continue reading →
#Commentary #Anarchism #DavidGraeber #Revolution -
#Democracy "is just the belief that humans are fundamentally equal and ought to be allowed to manage their collective affairs... using whatever means appear most conducive." #DavidGraeber, The Democracy Project (2013)
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Ke 26.11.2025 #DavidGraeber -luentosarjan viimeinen luento, jossa esittelen ’Alussa oli…’ -kirjan teoriaa vapaudesta. Tervetuloa mukaan! ilmonet.fi/course/H253803
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2bmlvhksjt2dryqoofu4m7qk/post/3lgpgr4drrk2q -
Ke 19.11. jatketaan #DavidGraeber Debt the first 5000 years -kirjan parissa. Päästään keskustelemaan myös Graeberin ehdottamasta velka-armahduksesta, joka #velkajarru ’a selkeämpi tapa ratkoa julkista ja yksityistä velkaantumista. Nähdään Stoan luentosalissa klo 17-18:30. ilmonet.fi/course/H253803
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"#DavidGraeber was the #anthropologist who re-framed economics by showing that its most basic assumptions were myths.
Where conventional economists traced money to barter and exchange, #Graeber traced it to trust and relationships. He argued that the origins of money lay not in #markets but in #morality: in obligations, promises, and the human capacity for cooperation." -
Joku kehui tätä nykypäivän työelämästä kertovaa kirjaa joten pakkohan se oli kirjastosta lainata. Ja kirja kyllä koukutti lukemaan. Hevonpaskatyöt ovat toimisto- ja esimiestöitä joissa tuntuu ettei työllä ole merkitystä. Onko sellaista sattunut kohdalle?
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Ensi viikolla alkaa ’Velka ja vapaus’ #DavidGraeber -luentosarjani Helsingin Työväenopistolla. Tervetuloa mukaan! Luennot Stoassa (Itäkeskus, Helsinki) kolmena peräkkäisenä keskiviikkona klo 17-18:30. www.hs.fi/menokone/eve...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2bmlvhksjt2dryqoofu4m7qk/post/3lylh7rq2pc2x
Velka ja vapaus | Kulttuurikes... -
"Admittedly, American newspaper columnists were not going to repeat the whole of the movement’s arguments—they certainly were not willing to repeat anything that suggested these problems were ultimately rooted in the very nature of the state and capitalism. But the immediate message did get out." - David Graeber https://www.davidgraeber.org/wp-content/uploads/2007-On-the-phenomenology-of-giant-puppets.pdf
Once again. Those that own the media control the propaganda.
The importance of an independent social media can't be overstressed. Which makes me worried governments will try to control the Fediverse.
