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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber
_dilliam_william's review
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
This book was SO GOOD. It was my first book of this sort that I’ve read and I absolutely stormed through it.
I didn’t think this was be an easy read but Graeber’s writing is so clear and his insights are so interesting that I just couldn’t put the book down.
I am really fascinated by how seamlessly Graeber weaves in critiques of capitalism and his personal philosophy of anarchism into each of these essays.
All round this was really interesting and almost perfect, my only flaw in the whole thing is some times the abstractions that Graeber dives in to in making his broader points can be a bit easy to lose yourself in (e.g. the difference between ‘games’ and ‘play’ in a philosophical sense). However, these sections usually wrap up satisfactorily. I’d highly recommend reading this!
junyan's review against another edition
4.0
结构性暴力创造了一边倒的想象性结构。处于最底层的人必须耗费大量想象力来尝试理解周遭的社会动态关系，包括必须想象顶层人的视角；而后者可以我行我素，对身边发生之事几乎不加思考。也就是说，无权者最终不仅承担了大部分维持社会运转的实际体力劳动，同时还承担了大部分的阐释性劳动。
masta_g3's review
4.0
Nice insightful and entertaining book with several essays on how we were lied to (or we lied to ourselves) regarding the supposed ‘globalization’ movement, which ended up being more of a ‘burocratization’. Makes sense retrospectively.
andrewloeber's review
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0