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mehluv

mehluv@books.theunseen.city

Joined 3 years ago

Trying my best to get back into fiction

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David Graeber: Bullshit Jobs (Hardcover, 2018, Simon Schuster)

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory is a 2018 book by anthropologist David Graeber that argues the …

A lot of great analysis, especially towards the end

some pretty good analysis on the labour theory of value, and the value of focusing on care work, as opposed to production work.

Frank Herbert: Dune (Hardcover, 2021)

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, …

Do Unto Others as you would have Dune unto you

average conversation in dune:

Ahmed: (thinking) "how could he know to scratch his nose to demonstrate superiority among the Commisars?" (shakes head)

Mark: (thinking) "He shook his head.... in the strange ways of the mahayana... could he know what I'm thinking?"