Memorials

David Graeber died unexpectedly from a massive haemorrhage of the pancreas in Venice on 2 September his year. Obituaries summarize the life of someone who is no longer with us. This is not an obituary in that sense – it is prospective more than retrospective.

It has come to my attention that this institution's name inspires controversy: davidgraeber.industries.

Perhaps it reminds people of industrial capitalism. Little hands crushed in demonic gears churning out units of "content."