What Happened to David Graeber? | Los Angeles Review of Books
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  • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I was going to try making a joke response to this, but Graeber is someone I very much admired and would have loved to work with, and this article looks like it summarizes what made him a great anthropologist, scholar, and student of the human condition. He would be among the top five people I would choose as the greatest thinkers of our generation. In no particular order, I’d name Graeber, George Price, EO Wilson, Sapolsky, and Daniel Kahneman.

    I’m setting this article aside to read in depth, but I cannot recommend his work more highly, nor can I stress enough the importance of looking at his career path. I’m not sure we’re ever going to realize fully what he contributed, much less what his contributions could have been.

    • RedditRefugee69@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Absolutely. I LOVED this book. Completely changed my view on the government portion of the human condition as well as tons of fascinating anecdotes. Again, I only took anthropology class my senior year in college so it required no prior expertise