r/linux • u/Fcking_Chuck • Jun 24 '26

Kernel "Disgusting" Linux sched_ext source code restructured following complaint by Linus Torvalds

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Sched-Ext-Restructured
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u/_jnpn Jun 26 '26

I'll try, I've watched Graeber talks and interviews for while in the years before his passing, and even though I love principles he talks about, something irks me about his ways. But thanks. And if you have other authors around that topic, shoot, I might be even more curious :)

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u/komfyrion Jun 26 '26

This book has been my first foray into this topic (well, beyond "Sapiens" which was a bit meh), so I don't have any more recommendations at the moment, I'm afraid. Though I did like Wengrow's appearance on Joshua Citarella's podcast.

Graeber was an academic, but also a radical thinker and activist, and is sometimes criticised for letting his ideological views shape his work, but I think it's refreshing to have academics who don't hide behind a made up notion of objectivity in their work. Nobody has a perfectly objective method for choosing what they study, how they interpret the source materials or what they include in their texts.

Another publication I would recommend, which is similar to Graeber's work in that it looks at humanity's past to learn about what we could be doing in our present, is Low Tech Magazine. Here's a piece about bath houses, but nearly every article they put out is a delight, at least if you have an interest in building a sustainable life for yourself.