Twitter was David’s public platform and tools for practicing a new language – clear and understandable for everyone, it was a space where he made friends and enemies.

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Wed 15 Jul 2020 12:08

RT @BBCRadio4: David Graeber is one of over 60 thinkers, writers, leaders and policy-makers who’ve contributed to our Rethink podcast – fro…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 12:08

RT @toni___g: Rethink – David Graeber: Rethinking Jobs – BBC Sounds https://t.co/WulQOhEPEL

Wed 15 Jul 2020 10:27

RT @AgathoniaMedia: If we’ve started thinking we may also reconsider the puzzle why all the marvellous gains in #productivity don’t result…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 10:19

RT @davidgraeber: @thewordthatcuts @mbongeni7 @NombsNtshali2 @sade_without_h @mihlalii_n once nylon had become standard, of course, they st…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 10:19

RT @davidgraeber: @thewordthatcuts @mbongeni7 @NombsNtshali2 @sade_without_h @mihlalii_n one of her friends was asked to volunteer to wear…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 10:19

RT @davidgraeber: @thewordthatcuts @mbongeni7 @NombsNtshali2 @sade_without_h @mihlalii_n wow this sounds important! Yes, my mother was work…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 09:58

RT @KBartholmess: In @davidgraeber’s brief commentary (8 mins) he challenges our addiction to work and emphasizes the out-of-whackness betw…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 09:57

RT @KBartholmess: If we got rid of the “planned obsolescence” approach in manufacturing where products are purposefully built to NOT last,…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 09:57

RT @KBartholmess: I would add to @davidgraeber’s perspective that our addiction to growing the GDP incentivizes “planned obsolescence.” Tha…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 09:57

RT @rattlecans: @davidgraeber @inside_lemon So many devices in my mum’s house the same. In 2020. Washing machine. Kettle. Hoover. Elem…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 09:56

RT @Itsnotadistrac1: @davidgraeber Cars are a great example. A Volvo executive years ago pushed the idea of a “Car for life” no repeat sal…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 09:56

RT @ArzooAhmed: ‘We are constantly encouraged to look at #social problems as if they were questions of personal #morality’ – thanks @davidg…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 08:51

RT @thewordthatcuts: @mbongeni7 @davidgraeber @NombsNtshali2 @sade_without_h @mihlalii_n Bernard London wrote a paper during the Great Depr…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 08:48

RT @mbongeni7: @NombsNtshali2 @sade_without_h @mihlalii_n Tha thing called planned obsolescence, where things like electronics cars are mAd…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 08:47

RT @buymeonce: What is planned obsolescence? You might see us referencing it frequently, but we wrote a refresher on what it is and where i…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 08:47

RT @yugopnik: The Phoebus Business cartel was founded in 1925. They limited the lifespam of lightbulbs from 2500 to 1000 hours – and were a…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 08:45

RT @AgathoniaMedia: Now, you may argue that the demand to #work less on a social level means within our #system that people cannot survive…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 08:45

RT @AgathoniaMedia: Strangely, if we’d run into a person with a megaphone on the marketplace promising us #work for the rest of our lives,…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 08:45

RT @AgathoniaMedia: Graeber proposes 3 measures he suggest are really “common sense”: 1. eliminate bullshit jobs, 2. stopping batshit const…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 08:45

RT @AgathoniaMedia: Graeber claims the obvious which turns out not to be that obvious: “Work has become our badge of moral citizenship.” If…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 08:37

RT @AgathoniaMedia: @davidgraeber invites us to rethink our society’s “addiction to #work”,though “much of this work is entirely pointless.…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 08:12

RT @medialens: ‘To have extradition decided on the merits of one indictment when the accused actually faces another is an outrage. To chang…

Wed 15 Jul 2020 07:56

RT @NicolaCutcher: Great little listen from @davidgraeber. Top policy prescription for a green recovery: Ban planned obsolescence (poorly…

Tue 14 Jul 2020 21:44

RT @JaskuMariusz: The Tory government latest go out/stay safe approach to economy is like they took David Graeber’s “Bullshit Job” very ser…

Tue 14 Jul 2020 21:30

RT @every1plslikeme: @davidgraeber I think feeling like everyone has to work 24/7 also stems from a rather cruel “I have to suffer, so shou…

Tue 14 Jul 2020 21:27

RT @WaywardWinifred: More than 20 million people face eviction by the end of September as GOP threatens to cut aid: study https://t.co/0PMX…

Tue 14 Jul 2020 21:26

RT @StrikeDebt: Out of work? Find something new! Guillotine manufacturing, repair, and maintenance is a growing field with many exciting o…

Tue 14 Jul 2020 21:25

RT @LindseyBoylan: House Democrats don’t understand that student debt is a huge economic crisis. There’s a lot they don’t get. https://t.co…