The Ignoramus's Guide to Surviving Humanity

Ep 22 A conversation with Yann Ryan about “Debt The First 5000 Years" by David Graeber.


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On this week’s podcast, Wei and Ileana talk to academic, Yann Ryan about our Book of October, “Debt The First 5000 Years" by David Graeber. We discuss Squid Game, the Occupy movement 10 years on and how Graeber makes the case for debt being the bedrock of all human interactions and systems. 


Yann Ryan is an academic with an MA in History, a PHD in English literature and is researching the intersection of literary history—specifically early modern news—and data science.


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