brett (s) on david ness
brett scott on david graeber ness
via tweet [https://x.com/Technospherics/status/2089074882390769920?s=20]:
Economic Anthropology
“Anthropologists like the late David Graeber have long critiqued the mainstream economics discipline, but what’s at the heart of this battle between anthropology and economics? In this video I delve into a core distinction between anthropology and econ, and pay tribute to Graeber and his book “Debt: The First 5000 Years”
notes/quotes from aug 2026 15 min video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9E1-grAvDk]:
David Graeber & the BATTLE between anthropology and economicsdiff between anthro and econ and tribute to david
econ anthro looks at human econ
david on human economies ness et al
mufleh humanity law: we have seen advances in every aspect of our lives except our humanity– Luma Mufleh et al
anthro starts with recognition that person can’t exist apart from group… network proceeds individual.. care a basic.. ie: babies can’t survive.. require relationships to other people
huge – so added page here: brett (s) on baby care ness
key point though.. that we keep missing.. and so the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness.. ie: in a legit/loving/free home.. that baby’s care is unconditional
sounds very contradictory.. how to take care but also leave to own devices.. but that’s the dance.. and the not yet scrambled ness that we keep disturbing.. ie: parents are the first ness.. how to not disturb.. your own song..
[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]
before anyone can be individual.. have to be born and cared for
for much of human history didn’t imagine you could walk off on own.. think we can now.. just still not true
nation state systems perpetuate idea of no need for connection.. ness.. ie: flags give loose sense of connection..
5 min – history ness of economist ness and anthro ness
to me.. nothing has gotten root of problem.. since that day
from on the ground ness deep dive
10 min – via econ ness vision to walk off and leave society.. seen as deep level structural problem/bug
11 min – econ taking theory and projecting it backward .. where it never existed..
actually to me.. even deeper.. and since that day
12 min – david was famous for dismantling that money creates us.. anthro charging the gates of econ.. ie: debts must be paid.. opens eyes to far wider than you can ever think
graeber make it diff law et al.. graeber rethink law.. et al
13 min – personal reflections on david.. humility.. commitment to solidarity.. refused to see himself as more important tha nothers
14 min – another video i made about david
found in video description this 7 min video made 8 mos prior [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T39n1gBXk1I] – goes into ie: everyday communism; reciprocity; hierarchy – not beholden to rules of everyday communism and reciprocity; ie: gangs – exchange follows reciprocity principles; *gift ness.. not expecting anything back.. this is everyday communism.. goes into – if hierarchy not expecting this in return.. modern econ sees everything thru prism of exchange
to me.. legit everyday communism ness (rev of everyday life ness et al) .. even reciprocity ness and gift\ness .. any form of tit for tat ness.. any form of m\a\p ness.. et al is a cancerous distraction
graeber exchange law et al.. graeber violence/quantification law
from on the ground ness deep dive
nothing to date (ever since that day) has gotten to the root of problem
legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do
how we gather in a space is huge.. need to try spaces of permission where people have nothing to prove to facil curiosity over decision making.. because the finite set of choices of decision making is unmooring us.. keeping us from us..
ie: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)
the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]
there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
otherwise we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..
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be you. 