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I admit that I'm reading Kapital right now, because one of my kids gave it to me for my birthday. It's a slog, but maybe I'm just not great at reading this kind

I admit that I'm reading Kapital right now, because one of my kids gave it to me for my birthday. It's a slog, but maybe I'm just not great at reading this kind of stuff. What I wonder is if Marx missed the boat on "intellectual capital," or if I'm the one missing the boat. I wonder how much of my own productive capital is contained within my skull. Not just details of my present job, but the ability to do the same kind of job for anybody, including for myself. Or, am I just gratifying myself with such thoughts?

kragen 2y ago
It's definitely hard going, which is why I haven't read much of it myself. Part of that is that old Karl wanted to make his argument as convincing as he could, and that trades off against making it easy to read. They say the Grundrisse https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/grundrisse/ https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/grundrisse/ is more readable, but I haven't tried it myself. I guess I'd better, since I'm being told I'm getting some of Marx's points wrong!
- kragen 2y ago
  (I am finding the Grundrisse to be easier to read.)