Dear ASOMOCO community,
I’m really happy to present Episode 2 of my new podcast ASOMOCO Unplugged, a relaxed and informal walk through the chaos of our economic system, accompanied by musical compositions and guest contributions. In the first half we cover:
* Karmic reciprocity, David Graeber and Intro to Econ Life
* The Inner Civil War, my follow-up to the Stone Soup Theory of Billionaires
* Shaun Chamberlin on why we should use Mastodon
* Animism vs. monotheism, and a beautiful song from The Mononoke Wolf Choir
* Cory Doctorow’s concept of Big Tech Enshittification and whether Jay Graber of Bluesky can avoid it
In the second half, we have a crypto special:
* Jemima Kelly and Eli Gothill on the Grim Ghost of Crypto Future
* Numerical nouns vs. numerical adjectives and why this matters for the Hole in Bitcoin’s Heart
* Professional wrestling and how it inspired my recent essay, the Art of Crypto Kayfabe
* The crucial concept of countertrade, and how it secretly governs the Bitcoin world
* Josh Davila on TrumpMusk’s Bitcoin gambit, patronage networks and the risk of political manipulation of the crypto markets
* Cryptography vs. cryptocurrency
Links and community shout-outs
* Mark Kohr’s great ‘Ecodemmurage Currency’ video
* Sarah Jaffe’s Work Won’t Love You Back
* Surviving the Future by the late David Fleming, edited by Shaun Chamberlin (see also Lean Logic)
* Shaun on Mastodon, and his excellent course on Surviving the Future
* Josh Davila’s Blockchain Socialist podcast, and Blockchain Radicals book
* David Graeber, Cory Doctorow and others in the SPECTRE video about basic income
Bonus for paying subscribers
All my sweet paying subscribers who keep ASOMOCO going get a bonus 14 minute meditative track here. Enjoy!
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.asomo.co
