oikos (the economy our souls crave).. ‘i should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.’ – gaston bachelard, the poetics of space
Why is the priority of the economy not to house the homeless and ensure everyone has good healthcare?
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
oikos (the economy our souls crave).. ‘i should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.’ – gaston bachelard, the poetics of space
'(on 4\20 hash bash) as possibly frivolous test case..it is possible to transform societal behavior simply by designating a time when it's ok..you show people it's not so scary.. and also not special..and it's simply becomes a different way of life' benjamin paloff
ie: a sabbatical ish transition
ie: a sabbatical ish transition
As part of our work on David Graeber's favorite author, we held a talk with the academic Benjamin Paloff about the work of the author - Mikhail Bakhtin.
Here is the full video.
www.youtube.com/live/xOLDVq_...
Here is the full video.
www.youtube.com/live/xOLDVq_...
Benjamin Paloff on Bakhtin's Adventure
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
'(on 4\20 hash bash) as possibly frivolous test case..it is possible to transform societal behavior simply by designating a time when it's ok..you show people it's not so scary.. and also not special..and it's simply becomes a different way of life' benjamin paloff
ie: a sabbatical ish transition
ie: a sabbatical ish transition
'so what if wind had eyes.. blind to objects in actual world.. yet wide open to world of possible.. so the way of art is to see with the eyes of the wind.' tim ingold
quiet enough to see ness
quiet enough to see ness
We'll hold a public talk with Tim Ingold on social anthropology. Thursday, Nov 6th (6pm London time)
The topic will be, Sharing time: the work of art in a possible.
It'll be streamed live on the DGI Youtube channel.
youtu.be/eJc2fWZLj2g
The topic will be, Sharing time: the work of art in a possible.
It'll be streamed live on the DGI Youtube channel.
youtu.be/eJc2fWZLj2g
Sharing time: the work of art in a possible World - Tim Ingold
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
'so what if wind had eyes.. blind to objects in actual world.. yet wide open to world of possible.. so the way of art is to see with the eyes of the wind.' tim ingold
quiet enough to see ness
quiet enough to see ness
'white west patriarch ordering of things requires we believe inherent conflict between feel/think..between poetry/theory. We are easier to control when one part of selves is split from another, fragmented, off balance' bereano on lorde's sister outsider usa.anarchistlibraries.net/library/audr...
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde Sister Outsider Essays and Speeches 1984
usa.anarchistlibraries.net
October 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
'white west patriarch ordering of things requires we believe inherent conflict between feel/think..between poetry/theory. We are easier to control when one part of selves is split from another, fragmented, off balance' bereano on lorde's sister outsider usa.anarchistlibraries.net/library/audr...
ann: 'beginning to think about alts to dollar'
we need to think about (try) alts to measuring things
we need to think about (try) alts to measuring things
October 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
ann: 'beginning to think about alts to dollar'
we need to think about (try) alts to measuring things
we need to think about (try) alts to measuring things
'We cannot really conceive of problems that will arise when we start trying to build a free society. What now seem likely to be thorniest problems might not be problems at all'
huge.. so let’s design for that
w/o all the cancerous distractions
huge.. so let’s design for that
w/o all the cancerous distractions
One of David Graeber's most interesting pieces was from 2013 called - 'A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse.'
Here is an extract.
Here is an extract.
October 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
'We cannot really conceive of problems that will arise when we start trying to build a free society. What now seem likely to be thorniest problems might not be problems at all'
huge.. so let’s design for that
w/o all the cancerous distractions
huge.. so let’s design for that
w/o all the cancerous distractions
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
I am deeply honoured by this invitation to deliver The Tanner Lectures on Human Values next Spring. My topic: ‘The elementary forms of human freedom.’
tannerlectures.org/lectures/the...
tannerlectures.org/lectures/the...
September 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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
'nothing dulls the mind as thoroughly as hearing familiar words and slogans' paul feyerabend against method theanarchistlibrary.org/library/paul...
Against Method
Paul Feyerabend Against Method Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge 1993 (third edition) Original footnote numbers are retained because they...
theanarchistlibrary.org
September 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
'nothing dulls the mind as thoroughly as hearing familiar words and slogans' paul feyerabend against method theanarchistlibrary.org/library/paul...
Reposted
Today is the 5th anniversary of David Graber's death.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
September 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today is the 5th anniversary of David Graber's death.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
Reposted
Thinking about Carnival, clowns, and politics — about how much we all need a space to remake the social order, to begin again, to rid ourselves of the old bad rules: to burn them ritually, laugh at them, send them off into space as kites.
1/
1/
August 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thinking about Carnival, clowns, and politics — about how much we all need a space to remake the social order, to begin again, to rid ourselves of the old bad rules: to burn them ritually, laugh at them, send them off into space as kites.
1/
1/
'Politics involves the administration of fear, it is the fear of fear itself.' duane rousselle after post anarchism theanarchistlibrary.org/library/duan...
After Post-Anarchism
Duane Rousselle After Post-Anarchism 2012
theanarchistlibrary.org
August 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
'Politics involves the administration of fear, it is the fear of fear itself.' duane rousselle after post anarchism theanarchistlibrary.org/library/duan...
'when one looks a little closer, one discovers that these two elements—the violence and the quantification—are intimately linked' - david graeber
"Any system that reduces
the world to numbers can
only be held in place by
weapons, whether these
are swords and clubs, or
nowadays, smart bombs
from unmanned drones.”
- David Graeber
the world to numbers can
only be held in place by
weapons, whether these
are swords and clubs, or
nowadays, smart bombs
from unmanned drones.”
- David Graeber
August 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
'when one looks a little closer, one discovers that these two elements—the violence and the quantification—are intimately linked' - david graeber
'Central to this is a focus on study to uncover underlying structures of exploitation/ineq in order to overcome them' gibson theanarchistlibrary.org/library/morg...
rather..need to uncover underlying structure/conditions for freedom & do/be that
all else at this point is cancerous distraction
rather..need to uncover underlying structure/conditions for freedom & do/be that
all else at this point is cancerous distraction
Anarchism, the State and the Praxis of Contemporary Antisystemic Social Movements
Morgan Rodgers Gibson Anarchism, the State and the Praxis of Contemporary Antisystemic Social Movements 9 October 2010 Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of...
theanarchistlibrary.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
'Central to this is a focus on study to uncover underlying structures of exploitation/ineq in order to overcome them' gibson theanarchistlibrary.org/library/morg...
rather..need to uncover underlying structure/conditions for freedom & do/be that
all else at this point is cancerous distraction
rather..need to uncover underlying structure/conditions for freedom & do/be that
all else at this point is cancerous distraction
what if we stopped measuring
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
The Biggest Economic Lies We’re Told | Robert Reich
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
what if we stopped measuring
'put people in weird limbo position' miles in ny
refugee ness.. actually all of us in weird limbo.. ie: need a legit way out of this on hold ness
refugee ness.. actually all of us in weird limbo.. ie: need a legit way out of this on hold ness
On Friday, we have an event taking place in New York that you can join via Zoom.
We will discuss Migration. And how our cities welcome (or don’t welcome) migrants.
If interested, you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We will discuss Migration. And how our cities welcome (or don’t welcome) migrants.
If interested, you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Visual Assembly — How to Turn a Refugee Center into a Welcoming Center?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
If you're in New York on July 25th, we’ll be in front of the Roosevelt Hotel on 45 E 45th St, at 11am! If you have any questions, feel free to email. If you are not in NYC, but want to join us, please...
us02web.zoom.us
July 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'put people in weird limbo position' miles in ny
refugee ness.. actually all of us in weird limbo.. ie: need a legit way out of this on hold ness
refugee ness.. actually all of us in weird limbo.. ie: need a legit way out of this on hold ness
'no current system is capable of offering a way out of ecolog/econ madness in which we live..coming decades likely to bring turning pt..force all of us into serious search for new models' stowasser pure freedom theanarchistlibrary.org/library/hors...
ie: a nother way
that gets to root
ie: a nother way
that gets to root
Pure Freedom
Horst Stowasser Pure Freedom The Idea of Anarchy, History and Future 2007 First translation into English by Michael Schreiber, 2025.
theanarchistlibrary.org
July 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
'no current system is capable of offering a way out of ecolog/econ madness in which we live..coming decades likely to bring turning pt..force all of us into serious search for new models' stowasser pure freedom theanarchistlibrary.org/library/hors...
ie: a nother way
that gets to root
ie: a nother way
that gets to root
we are paying dearly because we think we need to be 'educated'
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]
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]
We are paying dearly for the absence of civics education.
July 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
we are paying dearly because we think we need to be 'educated'
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]
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]
'when will we get to nuts/bolts.. 'this is what this building will be.. et al'' miles www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUUJ...
city sketchup ness et al
city sketchup ness et al
Miles and Nika discuss organizing a Visual Assembly in New York on July 25th.
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
www.youtube.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
'when will we get to nuts/bolts.. 'this is what this building will be.. et al'' miles www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUUJ...
city sketchup ness et al
city sketchup ness et al
has to be all of us for the dance to dance
99 and 1
we need a nother way
99 and 1
we need a nother way
It is the 99% v the 1%
All the propaganda out there is to get all of us in the 99% to fight among each other so we don't unite to defeat the 1%.
All the propaganda out there is to get all of us in the 99% to fight among each other so we don't unite to defeat the 1%.
June 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
has to be all of us for the dance to dance
99 and 1
we need a nother way
99 and 1
we need a nother way
2 types in sea world (hari rat park law et al)
we need a legit alt.. sans any form of
measuring,
accounting,
people telling other people what to do
we need a legit alt.. sans any form of
measuring,
accounting,
people telling other people what to do
Michael Hudson is always someone worth listening to
June 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
2 types in sea world (hari rat park law et al)
we need a legit alt.. sans any form of
measuring,
accounting,
people telling other people what to do
we need a legit alt.. sans any form of
measuring,
accounting,
people telling other people what to do
oikos (the economy our souls crave).. ‘i should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.’ – gaston bachelard, the poetics of space
When in London, NYC and elsewhere we see so many homeless people, maybe some changes need to be made to the type of capitalism we have today.
June 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
oikos (the economy our souls crave).. ‘i should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.’ – gaston bachelard, the poetics of space
the thing not yet tried: unconditional part of left to own devices
‘in undisturbed ecosystem..individual left to own devices serves whole’ dm
need tech as nonjudg exponential labeling to facil seeming chaos of global (horizontal) detox
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
‘in undisturbed ecosystem..individual left to own devices serves whole’ dm
need tech as nonjudg exponential labeling to facil seeming chaos of global (horizontal) detox
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
But those of us from the USSR know centralized planning's problems. Why must we choose between two evils when many societies have organized horizontal value systems?
Why shouldn't we try the same?
2/
Why shouldn't we try the same?
2/
June 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
the thing not yet tried: unconditional part of left to own devices
‘in undisturbed ecosystem..individual left to own devices serves whole’ dm
need tech as nonjudg exponential labeling to facil seeming chaos of global (horizontal) detox
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
‘in undisturbed ecosystem..individual left to own devices serves whole’ dm
need tech as nonjudg exponential labeling to facil seeming chaos of global (horizontal) detox
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
'we need to do something similar.. why not?'
because that would still leave us in a market/money/measuring based econ
if we want a legit alt (to be legit free)..need to try something legit diff..that gets to root of problem
ie: whatever for a yr.. a sabbatical ish transition
because that would still leave us in a market/money/measuring based econ
if we want a legit alt (to be legit free)..need to try something legit diff..that gets to root of problem
ie: whatever for a yr.. a sabbatical ish transition
We’re going live June 30th!
Public talk on our youtube channel 'Michael Hudson in conversation with Steve Keen & Hannah Appel'
Subscribe to the event! (in the comment)
Public talk on our youtube channel 'Michael Hudson in conversation with Steve Keen & Hannah Appel'
Subscribe to the event! (in the comment)
June 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
'we need to do something similar.. why not?'
because that would still leave us in a market/money/measuring based econ
if we want a legit alt (to be legit free)..need to try something legit diff..that gets to root of problem
ie: whatever for a yr.. a sabbatical ish transition
because that would still leave us in a market/money/measuring based econ
if we want a legit alt (to be legit free)..need to try something legit diff..that gets to root of problem
ie: whatever for a yr.. a sabbatical ish transition
'This is what people really meant when they talked about a life of calculated degradation.. a kind of living death.' dg hostile intell
David Graeber went on an visit to the West Bank, spending time in Nablus and elsewhere.
He gave his views on the Occupation as well as many interesting cultural insights.
You can read his write-up of the visit here!
davidgraeber.org/articles/hos...
He gave his views on the Occupation as well as many interesting cultural insights.
You can read his write-up of the visit here!
davidgraeber.org/articles/hos...
Hostile Intelligence: Reflections from a Visit to the West Bank
In Nablus, every street seems to have a men’s hair salon. There are literally thousands of them. Most stay open until at least 2 at night; often other than mosques they’re the only places lit up and o...
davidgraeber.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
'This is what people really meant when they talked about a life of calculated degradation.. a kind of living death.' dg hostile intell
'police are essentially a political institution..originally created as mech of class control..weren't created to fight crime..created to deal w/people like the unemployed..to put people to work..reg commerce..gradually came up w/excuse: going to create public order/peace' dg 1/2
The likes of CNN and Foxnews paint the police as a noble force protecting us all.
David Graeber explains what the police are really about.
David Graeber explains what the police are really about.
June 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
'police are essentially a political institution..originally created as mech of class control..weren't created to fight crime..created to deal w/people like the unemployed..to put people to work..reg commerce..gradually came up w/excuse: going to create public order/peace' dg 1/2