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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Fri 16 Sep 2011 20:19

I compared economics to theology. Theologians protest: “we’re not nearly as bad as economists!” They’re probably right. http://t.co/7p5rgVV2

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Fri 16 Sep 2011 16:55

@cityeyrie – for what it’s worth your tweets were forwarded to Turnaround. Publisher said that sort of thing is very helpful actually

Fri 16 Sep 2011 03:21

@cityeyrie – my publisher says “stores that just didn’t order a book will rarely admit it, usually they’ll blame the distributor”

Fri 16 Sep 2011 03:16

@aaronjohnpeters – I’m told LRB is on it but don’t know details. I’m sure I can arrange to get you sent a review copy though if you need

Thu 15 Sep 2011 16:59

@FalsePolitics – haven’t read the whole thing. Interesting, but for me a little too much in the old “why the West really is different” mode

Thu 15 Sep 2011 14:12

RT @melflashman: love that @davidgraeber ‘s book DEBT: The 1st 5000 Years is #7 in Amazon’s “Personal Finance” category.

Thu 15 Sep 2011 02:52

RT @vray23: Here’s a trick: Take the last two digits of the year you were born & add it to the age you will turn this year and it adds t …

Thu 15 Sep 2011 01:51

@satarswitter – what can I say? I’m a prole with a crude sense of humor. Anyway only Brits will get it

Thu 15 Sep 2011 00:47

New investigative report reveals Tea Party are secretly controlled by Maoists trying to destroy US empire

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Wed 14 Sep 2011 22:03

RT @fmindlin: David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years-on #AgainstTheGrain “Capitalism is just a bad way to organize the communism@roo …

Wed 14 Sep 2011 19:49

@MutualArising – yes like the anarcho-capitalists, most of them seem to live in their mothers’ basements

Wed 14 Sep 2011 19:27

On the Austrian Theory of Money, a Reply to @davidgraeber http://t.co/z4d7Wcey – sigh, yet another round?

Tue 13 Sep 2011 20:54

RT @lwsamson: Economic Anthropology: David Graeber Meets the Noise Machine… http://j.mp/nOmYmT

Tue 13 Sep 2011 05:16

@JamesWMolloy – precisely, who knows what technology _could_ be if we lived in a free society? we achieve despite our overlords

Tue 13 Sep 2011 04:05

@JamesWMolloy – also I was serious about the robots – only capitalism prevents such tech development (i.e. the rich already have servants)

Tue 13 Sep 2011 04:03

@JamesWMolloy – perhaps “progress” isn’t the best terminology, we need a new way to think about these things, less unilinear

Tue 13 Sep 2011 04:02

@JamesWMolloy – actually I think a lot of comforts are things we’d be miserable if we had to do without. i.e., I like having all my teeth

Tue 13 Sep 2011 02:26

I mean he’s a goldbug I guess but so was my dad. His style is superb. Stacy Herbert is an excellent straight man.

Tue 13 Sep 2011 02:24

You know I never actually _watched_ Max Keiser and I hate to watch myself on TV. But I watched the part I’m not in – and this guy is GREAT!

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Tue 13 Sep 2011 02:19

@JamesWMolloy – well it’s not a bad one; I’m still waiting for robots that can take my laundry down, wash and fold it and carry it upstairs

Mon 12 Sep 2011 19:56

@cityeyrie – funny, everyone I know (Autonomedia, MH) was acting as if they were a new more efficient distributor! Guess they got had.