“ If stung by another man’s bee, one must calculate the extent of the injury, but also, if one swatted it in the process, subtract the replacement value of the bee.”
A medieval Irish law code, as cited by David Graeber in Debt: The First 5,000 Years. Graeber feels the Irish codes are so ridiculous, “one has to assume they were simply jokes.”
I just sent this book to my Kindle for an upcoming pan-Atlantic flight. Can’t wait. Years ago, Graeber’s clarity and wit in a anarchy vs communism debate turned me onto cultural anthropology. (Via Marginal Revolution)
Source: marginalrevolution.com
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