David Rolfe Graeber (/ˈɡreɪbər/; February 12, 1961 – September 2, 2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist activist. His influential work in economic anthropology, particularly his books Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), Bullshit Jobs (2018), and The Dawn of Everything (2021), and his leading role in the Occupy movement, earned him recognition as one of the foremost anthropologists and left-wing thinkers of his time.

    • Kwakigra@beehaw.org
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      3 hours ago

      Many of those societies exist today and are thriving compared to our lifestyles. The San people in the Namibian desert have a much higher quality of life in terms of physical, mental, and social health than almost any of us English speakers.

    • araneae@beehaw.org
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      24 hours ago

      We don’t owe the future tall buildings, smog, and a persistant thread of civilizational narrative. Humans living on their own terms might just die.