This book wasn't quite as good as Debt, which is one of my favorite books, but does a really spectacular job of showing the invisible structure created by bureaucracy. The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy is a book by London School of Economics anthropologyprofessor David Graeber about how people "relate to" and are influenced by bureaucracies. I say invisible because the rules by which bureaucracy is governed so often go unseen and unquestioned. And why is it that even when we try to get rid of rules, paperwork, "red tape," and bureaucracy, we always seem to get more?

And why is it that even when we try to get rid of rules, paperwork, "red tape," and bureaucracy, we always seem to get more?Graeber's topic in this book is, more or less, an attempt work through some answers to the question: why are we so in love with rules? Aside from the obvious aspects of, what if the rules are wrong or they are imposed by an illegitimate entity, what I always found disturbing is the passing on of responsibility of violence to an institutionalized entity that holds a monopoly on it, as they and only they can use it. David Graeber's The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy. But -- it's uncanny -- there are moment when I feel he must've spent considerable time in my world. analysis of how this all fits into the current cultural obsession with comic book supFinally a coherent left-wing critique of bureaucracy. But I should have known better, Graeber being the writer that he is, that he could turn something as dull as bureaucracy into a riveting examination of political and social life.Absolutely fantastic. His other books include 2015’s The Utopia of Rules and 2018’s Bullshit Jobs: A Theory. I think that some of the conspiracy-theory type implications of the third essay suggest a rather loose grasp of history, as conspiracy theories often do.I avoided this book by Graeber primarily because it sounds incredibly dull. Welcome back. We are told right on the cover that David Graeber is brilliant.

I found the ideas in this book and Graeber's writing style oddly calming. Unlike many high profile intellectuals and activists, he also doesn't turn a blind eye from his current place in the system he often critiques and urges conversations about.I want to nominate David Graeber as national treasure.

This book is an essential read for a deeper understanding of the not only the obviously wealth disparity in the country (how we got here-- not entirely on purpose it seems), but the failures of democracy under capitalism, how and where marxism falls short, and why humans seem to be obsessed with creating bureaucracy. Occupy Wall Street protesters march on 47th Street in New York City on Sept. 17, 2013. He's just so lucid and radical that it's really refreshing. Tangential topics included Star Trek Universe politics, Superhero Comics, The Dark Knight Rises (sucks), the idea of the postal service, and rural life in Madagascar. It was a panel of anarchists bemoaning the fact that revolution will never occur in Israel for various nonsensical reasons.Sometime in 2000 I came across an ad in the newspaper telling of a panel that will take place in a club in Tel-Aviv on the topic of "can there be revolution in Israel?".

Aside from the obvious aspects of, what if the rules are wrong or they are imposed by an illegitimate entity, what I always found disturbing is the passing on of responsibility of violence to an institutionalized entity that holds aI've witnessed people react to videos of police brutalizing people with arguments like ''yeah, but they should really just have listened to the police officer and they would have been fine'' or ''why would use violence?

It was a panel of anarchists bemoaning the fact that revolution will never occur in Israel for various nonsensical reasons.I read this book during subway rides to and from administrator-led meetings on methods of assessment for student learning "competencies" for such abstract concepts as "Global Learning" to ensure we can show our "outcomes" are such that we can receive accreditation . banking crisis of 2008—seems to imply a desire for more rules and regulations, and therefore, more gray men in suits standing in the way of freedom and innovation and generally telling peoplewhattodo. This one made me see the world differently. It’s rare that a debut novel gets the kind of love and attention that Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, which spanned centuries and continents, received.

just follow the rules and you won't get hurt''. just follow the rules and you won't get hurt''.

He makes an urgent call to remove the bureaucratic limits that hamper creativity. He makes an urgent call to remove the bureaucratic limits that hamper creativity. Reflecting on the absurdity that modern power structures are based on (essentially, we all do as we're told because the state has a monopoly on the power to hit people over the head with a stick) and the bureaucratic pretence that informs much of our lives is freeing and will resolve anxiety more than any self help book.The only problem with “The Utopia of Rules” is that you end up wishing you were reading “Bureaucracy: The First 5000 Years” (to coin a title) instead. David Graeber is an anthropologist with a knack for discussing theoretical concepts in a clear and intelligible way. Like him or hate him, he has a way of reconsidering social structures that stimulate new ways of thinking about subjects like money, power, play, and work. Graeber’s publisher Penguin Random House said in a statement that the cause of death is currently unknown.

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