Escape From Plan A

After a long break from Plan A working on his new podcast Unverified Accounts, Chris joins Teen on a rainy weekend afternoon to talk about a few topics of interest. (1) Ron Kim's being a 'human blowtorch' against Andrew Cuomo in what may be the biggest political scandal in America, (2) Jay Caspian Kang's tweet about the failure of 'Asian American liberal elites' to offer any useful narrative about the outbreak of Black-on-Asian violence, and (3) a viral clip of 'Ginny and Georgia' where everyone assumed the writers behind an especially cringey dialogue about racial identity were white (but were not).

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USEFUL LINKS:

For Cuomo, hardball tactics, intimidation and now allegations of harassment (https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/For-Cuomo-a-legacy-of-intimidation-hardball-15972208.php)

Kang's original tweet (https://twitter.com/jaycaspiankang/status/1365286572262715392?s=20)

Jenn's response (https://twitter.com/reappropriate/status/1365491011800109058)

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The Asian Hustle Network (AHN) promotes positivity, passive income, and purpose. But it's also a place where con artists find their marks. Jess, Teen and Filip talk about Hustle Culture, where 'entrepreneurship' intersects with 'Ponzi schemes' and all is not what it seems. Everyone has a side hustle, everyone's monetizing their social media, everyone's platforming everyone else. How the hell do we get off this endless escalator?

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Filip (@filipgwriting)

Jess (@cogitatotomato)

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There has been a huge rise in attacks and murders of Asian Americans throughout America, and what is especially thorny is that in many of the most visible cases the attackers are Black. This has raised the specter of the Los Angeles Riots and the nadir of Black-Asian relations in America. Ayekay and Teen try to carve out space to talk about the pain and shock we feel as Asians, and also how to avoid the worst instincts of further racializing these assaults and entering another bitter winter of minority-on-minority hate.

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Jess and Teen start out talking about the gathering storm clouds over the economy, the obsolete white collar corporate culture from the 90's we still cling to, and what it's going to take to move past these obsolete notions of success and obligation.

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Old farts Adam and Filip talk about why the mainstream culture seems to refuse to let video games and eSports into the modern zeitgeist despite it's mass commercial appeal. One theory is that it's "Too Asian", and that might be keeping Asian Americans from leveling up their nascent culture with what's becoming increasingly normalized among the kids these days.

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REFERENCED RESOURCES:

- Daigo vs Justin Evo 2004: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzS96auqau0

- Why Black Men Love Dragon Ball Z: https://kotaku.com/why-black-men-love-dragon-ball-z-1820481429

- VICE - Millionaire Gaming Prodigies - Welcome to eSPORTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UksbnbWjbPs

- Video game revenue tops $43 billion in 2018, an 18% jump from 2017: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/video-game-revenue-tops-43-billion-in-2018-an-18-jump-from-2017/?guccounter=1

Cover Image from Force Gaming - No One Respects Esports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jICzlLi_nJk

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Ben Sin (senior tech editor @ XDA-Developers) joins Teen all the way from Hong Kong to talk about the consumer tech market in China, the effects of the Huawei sanctions and trade war, as well as bias in the Western tech media. Is the West actually the tech backwater? Who is cutting off whom in this tech schism?

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Jess and Teen talk about Melvin Capital vs r/wallstreetbets. We talk about what is driving the stock of Gamestop up "to the moon," what the social significance of this is, and then things turn a bit grimmer as we turn to the bleak prospects within the Scam Economy.

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By patron request, we are releasing Part 2 of Episode 232 as a free episode.

Teen and Jess discuss the events of 1/6 and take a stab at what might be in store for the rest of 2021. Tl; dr -- get that bag, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.

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CORRECTIONS:

Gross domestic product (GDP) measures the value-add created by production of goods and services in a country. For more information, refer to Citations Needed Ep. 108: How GDP Fetishism Drives Climate Crisis and Inequality (citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-108…-inequality)

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Teen and Jess discuss the events of 1/6 and take a stab at what might be in store for the rest of 2021. Tl; dr -- get that bag, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.

This is Part 1 of the episode. Part 2 is available for Plan A patrons at www.patreon.com/planamag. Join the Patreon today!

CORRECTIONS:

Gross domestic product (GDP) measures the value-add created by production of goods and services in a country. For more information, refer to Citations Needed Ep. 108: How GDP Fetishism Drives Climate Crisis and Inequality (https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-108-how-gdp-fetishism-drives-climate-crisis-and-inequality)

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Filip gets together with Jess to talk about his decision to leave the startup he cofounded: How it compares to working in big tech, what’s wrong with venture-backed startups today, and how Asian Americans can capitalize on the leverage they have to do more meaningful work in the world. Oh, and they shoot the shit on that whole Cyberpunk fiasco, and the problems with video game and movie production.

If you’re not interested in video games, skip ahead to 16:20.

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Filip (@filipgwriting)

Jess (@cogitatotomato)

REFERENCED ARTICLES:

America Has Central Planners. We Just Call Them 'Venture Capitalists.' - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/12/wework-venture-capital-central-planning.html

Cover Image from Katie Tiedrich on Twitter

https://twitter.com/katietiedrich/status/1338675155409776643

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