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Hey, Heydenberk— Why isn't this from Graeber completely dispositive on whether he is a loon or not? "Apple Computers is a famous example: it was founded by (m

Hey, Heydenberk— Why isn't this from Graeber completely dispositive on whether he is a loon or not? "Apple Computers is a famous example: it was founded by (mostly Republican) computer engineers who broke from IBM in Silicon Valley in the 1980s, forming little democratic circles of twenty to forty people with their laptops in each other's garages..." Genuinely curious: it seems to me (and to people I talk to) to demonstrate that Graeber not only does not do his homework but does not even know what doing his homework might be... Can you explain, please?

jbdelong 8y ago
Hey, Heydenberk— I _am_ curious here. Can you enlighten me as to your thinking?
- davidgraeber 8y ago
  There was a garbled sentence in the first edition that I didn't catch in proofreading but was instantly removed as soon as anyone noticed it. DeLong has seized on this and endlessly reproduced it, quite possible hundreds of times, pretending it's still in the text. Why does he do this sort of thing? I honestly have no idea. I've never seen anyone else behave remotely like it.