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In this special Christmas episode, join Matt and Joe as they discuss the nature of gift giving! Can giving a gift ever be a purely selfless act, or must gifts always have ineliminable reference to exchange and the obligations consequent upon economic relationships? Matt approaches the question from a Derridean angle, spending 40 minutes explaining why reading is hard.
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In this special Christmas episode, join Matt and Joe as they discuss the nature of gift giving! Can giving a gift ever be a purely selfless act, or must gifts always have ineliminable reference to exchange and the obligations consequent upon economic relationships? Matt approaches the question from a Derridean angle, spending 40 minutes explaining why reading is hard.