Oh God here we go. There's this idealogical edifice in my mind, built upon your work and the work of Marshall B. Rosenberg (a psychiatrist) and Bruce Chatwin (a slutty travel writer and modern nomad) and others. What all of you have in common is the broader theme that civilization messed a lot of things up and enslaved us. So you talk about debt, Rosenberg talks about language being highjacked, and Chatwin talks about the problem of not being migratory any more. Do you also maintain a list, like mine, of people who seem to be stalking the same grand thesis? Who are they?
Also:
Has civilization given us more than it has taken from us?
Do you believe in the likelihood of some future that gets things right?
Sorry for all the crazy. Thanks for doing the AMA!
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Mr Graeber! What an AMA! What an opportunity!
Oh God here we go. There's this idealogical edifice in my mind, built upon your work and the work of Marshall B. Rosenberg (a psychiatrist) and Bruce Chatwin (a slutty travel writer and modern nomad) and others. What all of you have in common is the broader theme that civilization messed a lot of things up and enslaved us. So you talk about debt, Rosenberg talks about language being highjacked, and Chatwin talks about the problem of not being migratory any more. Do you also maintain a list, like mine, of people who seem to be stalking the same grand thesis? Who are they?
Also:
Sorry for all the crazy. Thanks for doing the AMA!
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