wn to many =oday as Jeffrey Epstein. Various =hinkers I've written about here have linked the idea of =imeless truth to the birth of metal coinage (David Graeber is especially good about this). =oinage gave people a direct experience of transcendent value—how the value of a cow =r a goat or a sharp axe could

ibly inherent in a market economy—did not result in humans working much shorter hours. Rather, what happened is what the anthropologist and anarchist David Graeber describes as the growth of “bullshit jobs.”°4 While jobs that produce essentials like food, shelter, and goods have been largely automated away, we h

ibly inherent in a market economy—did not result in humans working much shorter hours. Rather, what happened is what the anthropologist and anarchist David Graeber describes as the growth of “bullshit jobs.”°4 While jobs that produce essentials like food, shelter, and goods have been largely automated away, we h