The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

by David Graeber

"Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend so much of our time filling out forms? And just how much are our lives being ruined by all this nonstop documentation? To answer these questions, anthropologist David Graeber ... [explores what he sees as] the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today and reveals how it shapes our lives in ways we may not even notice"--Amazon.com. Read More

"Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend so much of our time filling out forms? And just how much are our lives being ruined by all this nonstop documentation? To answer these questions, anthropologist David Graeber ... [explores what he sees as] the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today and reveals how it shapes our lives in ways we may not even notice"--Amazon.com. Read Less