Welcome to Litsy!

so this mf writes basically Affirmation Tomes for me and this is no exception. skip the audiobook tho, dude sounds like a mutant strain of ben shapiro

Graeber, as always, delivered a surprising book about a rather seemingly boring cultural phenomenon. He traces the roots and logic of bureaucracy through politics, literature, technology, the post office and even dungeons and dragons and popular comic book heroes such as Batman.

Interesting that Graeber never touches on the place of social media in emergent beurocratic technologies, not even in the section dedicated to the place of beurocracy in games. Still, a compelling read.

#marchintoreading day 30 - #startswithuvw

Me last night: reads 30 pages of this before bed.

Me this morning: racks brain trying to come up with a book for today's theme.

#SeasonsReadings2016 Day 9 - #FictionNonFictionPairings

Both of these focus on the ways people interact with bureaucracies, and how those complex systems impact their lives. Graeber, an economics professor and social anthropologist, examines the mechanics and impact of bureaucracies, and makes references to Heller's satirical novel CATCH-22.

Essential research for #MonuMeta part two.

Emily: "Bureaucracy pervades all parts of our lives. Graeber argues that we accept the status quo too easily. I studied anthropology and work in an office that has a complicated bureaucratic structure. Graeber says the powerful have no objective to understand the less powerful. Bureaucracy was intended to create equality. It ends up being a mess because the people who create the forms and systems often still don't see other people's perspective."