Long a mainstay on my blog, this is the first time I've recorded my usual Black Friday message, on what our relationship to work, consumerism, culture, technology, and so much else is doing to us now... and what it has seemingly always meant to the majority of human populations.

For those interested in the other episode mentioned here, called Working, you can listen to it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/working/id1535050082?i=1000538208562 (in the end, it seemed too long to add onto the end of this episode).

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

I assume that the small amount of work presented in each episode constitutes fair use. Publishers, authors, or other copyright holders who would prefer to not have their work presented here can also email me at [email protected], and I will remove the episode immediately.