david on tech
david graeber on tech (as it could be)
*we have not even begun to think about what our lives could be like if technology were really marshaled to fit human needs..t
How many hours would we really need to work in order to maintain a functional society — that is, if we got rid of all the useless or destructive occupations like telemarketers, lawyers, prison guards, financial analysts, public relations experts, bureaucrats and politicians, and turn our best scientific minds away from working on space weaponry or stock market systems to mechanizing away dangerous or annoying tasks like coal mining or cleaning the bathroom
rest of that sentence/quote from are you an anarchist:
and distribute the remaining work among everyone equally? Five hours a day? Four? Three? Two? Nobody knows because no one is even asking this kind of question. **Anarchists think these are the very questions we should be asking.
*deeper issue – we have no idea what legit needs are.. need 1st/most: means to undo our hierarchical listening to self/others/nature as global detox/re\set.. so we can org around legit needs
there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental expo labeling).. to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap.. for (blank)’s sake.. and we’re missing it
**again.. if tech as it could be.. those questions (any questions other than itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday) become irrelevant s.. so become cancerous distractions
quote from are you an anarchist
via dgi tweet [https://x.com/Graeber_social/status/1827526753780138005]:
If we were to distribute the remaining work among everyone equally, how many hours would we have to work. Five hours a day? Four? Three? Two? Nobody knows because no one is even asking this kind of question. https://davidgraeber.org/articles/are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-maysurprise-you/
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