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>> Cowen is an economist while Graeber was a scientist Graeber: "Apple Computers is a famous example: it was founded by (mostly Republican) computer engineers
by rufus_foreman 3y ago
>> Cowen is an economist while Graeber was a scientist
Graeber:
"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"
That's a scientist?
If that's a scientist then I am done trusting scientists.
- ppsreejith 3y agoIt's seems this was a garbled sentence in the first edition. Here was Graebers response: > 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. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17250282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17250282
- mempko 3y agoThank you! I was looking for this.