This week we talk about vegan ice cream and plumbers. Oh and how some people seem to have way too much money. And what that means to them and what it means to us.

---- This week's links ----

[1] Banking person grilling person banking - https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1116143763804622848 

[2] XR rebellion week - https://extinctionrebellion.org.uk 

[3] George R R Martin dark times - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdA5Q82ByjE 

[4] Lorenzo’s thread - https://twitter.com/lorenzowood/status/1108149826733125632

[5] AirBnb Open Homes - https://www.airbnb.co.uk/openhomes 

[6] Taxing Wealth video Elizabeth Warren - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTwPHuE_HrU 

[7] Ellen’s stand-up special - https://www.netflix.com/title/80166467 

[8] Why Maslow's Hierarchy Matters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0PKWTta7lU 

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Rutger Bregman was saying everybody knows what they're against but not so many know what they're really for. We take this opportunity to hash out some goals for the next phase of human society. Where will we live and what will we do all day?

---- This week's links ----

[1] Rutger Bregman - Taxes at Davos - https://www.theguardian.com/business/video/2019/jan/30/this-is-not-rocket-science-rutger-bregman-tells-davos-to-talk-about-tax-video 

[2] Utopia for Realists - https://amzn.to/2uX009P 

[3] Caroline Lucas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Lucas 

[4] Ski Goddess - https://skigoddess.co.uk/ 

[5] School of Life “How to Make an Attractive City” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy4QjmKzF1c

[6] Why isn’t cycling normal in London? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gohSeOYheXg 

[7] Separate playgrounds - Children 'segregated' at playground

[8] Disney Heiress interview - https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/abigail-disney-has-more-money-than-shell-ever-spend.html

[9] Bullshit Jobs - David Graeber - https://amzn.to/2D5lmWZ 

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SWEARY ONE THIS WEEK.

We read through a blog entry by Dominic Cummings, director of the Leave Campaign, where he explains how "a startup created in a few months could win a referendum that should have been unwinnable." Dominic put a bomb under the British government in 2016 by using hi-tech manipulative tactics to win the EU Referendum apparently to prove how broken the system is. As two people who have spent a lot of time designing and improving systems we start to unpick the problems with his attitude and approach to the situation.

Read along here: “‘Expertise’, prediction and noise, from the NHS killing people to Brexit” - https://dominiccummings.com/2018/06/05/effective-action-4b-expertise-prediction-and-noise-from-the-nhs-killing-people-to-brexit

---- This week's links ----

[1] BRAVOs - https://brightonrestaurantawards.co.uk/ 

[2] Fish Love - Sustainability - http://fishlove.co.uk 

[3] Laylow - https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/attractions/laylow-london-restaurant-w10-bar-a4011286.html

[4] Ivanka’s Project on govt blog - https://mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk/2019/03/28/defining-policy-outcomes-for-event-fees/

[5] “Corbyn’s views are popular” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7lsRbDKOXg 

[6] Carrilion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carillion

[7] David Heinemeier Hansson - “Living with Legacy Code” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJkiCpPeYuI 

[8] How Sqlite is tested - https://www.sqlite.org/testing.html

[9] Andrew Simms https://www.theguardian.com/profile/andrewsimms 

[10] The Checklist Manifesto - Atul Gawande - https://amzn.to/2Uozncb 

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Mixed bag of content this week. We talk about all the biggest Brexit twats as we grit our teeth and prepare to accept our fate.

---- This week's links ----

[1] James O’Brien + Jacob Rees Mogg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF3OQkWEyZA 

[2] Conservatism video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agzNANfNlTs 

[3] Adam Buxton royals video - “Today on Xantiar” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2o4W4-ULjM

[4] Lorenzo’s idea to track people’s views - https://twitter.com/lorenzowood/status/1108149826733125632 

[5] Pia Mancini - https://code.likeagirl.io/interview-with-pia-mancini-political-activist-for-the-internet-generation-c62af584e1ce 

[6] James O’Brien speaks to former Vote Leave staffer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGwz-u5otzk 

[7] Timelapse of the Future - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA 

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International Women's Month continues with our discussion of Kate Raworth's "Doughnut Economics", changing the goals of economic theory to target a safe and just space for humanity.

---- This week's links ----

[1] Kate Raworth - https://twitter.com/KateRaworth 

[2] Doughnut Economics - https://amzn.to/2TQLIqb 

[3] Berlin referendum - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-landlords-ban-germany-private-rent-housing-referendum-vote-a8796471.html 

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It's International Women's Day but we were going to talk about Greta anyway. We read out her post that explains what she's doing (that was written partly in in response to a lot of online hate) and talk about what's so impressive about her.

---- This week's links ----

Greta’s Post https://www.facebook.com/gretathunbergsweden/posts/767646880269801 

Fallacymania - https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gw8vYALJgQ29qQsDM/fallacymania-party-game-where-you-notice-fallacies-in 

Vice article about people trying to discredit Greta Thunberg - https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/mbzg8q/the-climate-change-deniers-trying-to-discredit-greta-thunberg 

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This week we read through the first couple of pages of the UN’s damning report on poverty in the UK. Follow along here: https://www.ohchr.org/documents/issues/poverty/eom_gb_16nov2018.pdf 

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---- This week's links ----

[1] Thinknation - http://thinknation.co 

[2] Rutger Bregman - Poverty isn’t a lack of character - https://www.ted.com/talks/rutger_bregman_poverty_isn_t_a_lack_of_character_it_s_a_lack_of_cash?language=en 

[3] Mindful March - https://www.actionforhappiness.org/mindful-march 

[4] Younger people wanted to remain - https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2016/06/27/how-britain-voted 

[5] Wildfires in Sussex - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-47421306 

[6] Gun Club Shamina Begum target practice - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/27/uk-shooting-range-uses-shamima-begum-image-for-targets 

[7] Steal Like an Artist - https://amzn.to/2EAv0AV 

[8] Show Your Work - https://amzn.to/2SIF3Jq 

[9] Infinite Music Machine video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bCmiLcfPSE&list=PLWng0deEc0VOPsTmgtbhFY4uWzLFHbXqo 

[10] Endlesss - Tim Exile - https://beta.endlesss.fm 

[11] Social Experimentalist - https://www.youtube.com/user/spiritualentertainer 

[12] Witnessing animal cruelty vegans - https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/vegan-activist-burnout-animals-agony-broke-me 

[13] Beveridge Report - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beveridge_Report 

[14] Suma cooperative where everybody gets paid the same - http://www.suma.coop/ 

[15] AOC equal pay - https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-vows-pay-staff-starting-salary-52k-promote-living-1341722 

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Mini episode this week. We're a little sleepy. We talk about tidying up and quinoa and then go over our one-page summary of Delton Chen's Silver Gun Hypothesis.

---- This week's links ----

[1] Silver Gun Hypothesis - Delton Chen - https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/silver-gun-hypothesis/ 

[2] Our summary - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ogShWTfRS6VYEKpFacr94FNQEF7FDycdLg-o12TTjxE/edit?usp=sharing 

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[4] Marie Kondo - https://www.netflix.com/title/80209379 

[5] Blank State - https://blankstate.org 

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Michael talked to Delton Chen, author of the Silver Gun Hypothesis, and here attempts to clarify the idea. Will this be key to turning back the tide of climate change? We hope so!

---- This week's links ----

[1] Silver Gun Hypothesis - Delton Chen - https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/silver-gun-hypothesis/ 

[2] Worldwide Generation - http://www.worldwidegeneration.co 

[3] UN Sustainable Development Goals - https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ 

[4] Ecosia Search Engine 50 million - https://blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-has-planted-50-million-trees/ 

[5] Ru Paul’s Drag Race - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuPaul%27s_Drag_Race 

[6] Department of International Trade - Digital Marketplace https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/ 

[7] Seat Frog - https://seatfrog.com/ 

[8] Ski Goddess https://skigoddess.co.uk/

[9] Seat 61 - http://seat61.com 

[10] Possible Planet - http://possibleplanet.org 

[11] Jeremy England “What is life?” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e91D5UAz-f4 

[12] Blank State - blankstate.org 

[13] Done Good - https://donegood.app 

[14] Brighton Restaurants Awards - https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk/brighton-restaurants/ 

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We spent this week trying to make sense of Delton B Chen's "Silver Gun Hypothesis", an economic theory proposing the addition of a second "positive" economy that acts to mitigate climate change. Well - it's a lot more complicated than that. This is us trying to figure it out. Read along here: https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/silver-gun-hypothesis/

---- This week's links ----

[1] THE BLOG POST - MAHB - Silver Gun Hypothesis https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/silver-gun-hypothesis/

[2] Global 4C Presentation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYu1wbTKS14 

[3] Wizards vs Prophets talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOZnOXhefsU 

[4] Done Good https://donegood.app 

[5] Forest App https://www.forestapp.cc 

[6] Ivanka’s Twitter Thread - https://twitter.com/ivanka/status/1090519840903884800 

[7] Michael’s New Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7bOsu62Hzs 

[8] Michael’s Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/michaelforrest 

[9] Grand Podcast Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/grandpodcast 

[10] Blank State videos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdSWA3Rb-r64wnPw_qNLiWw

[11] Pre-eclampsia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia 

[12] Generation Wealth on Amazon Prime - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Generation-Wealth-Lauren-Greenfield/dp/B07GZ3KG86/ref=pd_ys_iyr2 

[13] Emissions Trading - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading

[14] Trading Tax - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tax 

[15] Think Nation - https://thinknation.co 

[16] EU Person Tweet - https://twitter.com/eucopresident/status/1093112742293266435 

[17] David Simon Homocide - https://amzn.to/2SulSYv 

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