[lbo-talk] Graeber's latest...

Tayssir John Gabbour tjg at pentaside.org
Fri May 11 13:46:26 PDT 2012


On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Speaking of which, someone told me that pre-artificial light people would frequently get up during the night and visit with friends and/or screw and then go back to sleep. With artificial light, and no doubt the temporal discipline of the pig system, this all changed. Has anyone else heard this?

Yes, here's info on all that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783

All the best,

Tj

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On May 11, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>> I don't doubt that
>> sleep, for example, has a different 'meaning' in capitalist society
>
> Speaking of which, someone told me that pre-artificial light people would frequently get up during the night and visit with friends and/or screw and then go back to sleep. With artificial light, and no doubt the temporal discipline of the pig system, this all changed. Has anyone else heard this?
>
> Doug
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