A relaxed journey through the chaos of our economic system, accompanied by soothing musical compositions and short interviews with some excellent guests <br/><br/><a href="https://www.asomo.co/s/asomoco-unplugged?utm_medium=podcast">www.asomo.co</a>
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A relaxed journey through the chaos of our economic system, accompanied by soothing musical compositions and short interviews with some excellent guests <br/><br/><a href="https://www.asomo.co/s/asomoco-unplugged?utm_medium=podcast">www.asomo.co</a>
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December 19, 2024
ASOMOCO Unplugged Episode 2
<p>Dear ASOMOCO community,</p><p>I’m really happy to present Episode 2 of my new podcast <strong>ASOMOCO Unplugged</strong>, a relaxed and informal walk through the chaos of our economic system, accompanied by musical compositions and guest contributions. In the first half we cover:</p><p>* Karmic reciprocity, David Graeber and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.asomo.co/s/econ-life-101">Intro to Econ Life</a></p><p>* The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.asomo.co/p/the-inner-civil-war">Inner Civil War</a>, my follow-up to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.asomo.co/p/the-stone-soup-theory-of-billionaires">Stone Soup Theory of Billionaires</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.darkoptimism.org/">Shaun Chamberlin</a> on why we should use Mastodon</p><p>* Animism vs. monotheism, and a beautiful song from The Mononoke Wolf Choir</p><p>* Cory Doctorow’s concept of Big Tech <a target="_blank" href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast">Enshittification</a> and whether Jay Graber of Bluesky can avoid it</p><p><strong>In the second half, we have a crypto special:</strong></p><p>* Jemima Kelly and Eli Gothill on the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/d56802aa-fa82-40f4-9cc6-36bbb8d2b35e">Grim Ghost of Crypto Future</a></p><p>* Numerical nouns vs. numerical adjectives and why this matters for the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.asomo.co/p/the-hole-in-bitcoins-heart">Hole in Bitcoin’s Heart</a></p><p>* Professional wrestling and how it inspired my recent essay, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.asomo.co/p/the-art-of-crypto-kayfabe">Art of Crypto Kayfabe</a></p><p>* The crucial concept of countertrade, and how it secretly governs the Bitcoin world</p><p>* Josh Davila on TrumpMusk’s Bitcoin gambit, patronage networks and the risk of political manipulation of the crypto markets</p><p>* Cryptography vs. cryptocurrency</p><p><strong>Links and community shout-outs</strong></p><p>* Mark Kohr’s great ‘Ecodemmurage Currency’ <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up13sMDqBsU">video</a> </p><p>* Sarah Jaffe’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/work-wont-love-you-back/">Work Won’t Love You Back</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/surviving-the-future/">Surviving the Future</a> by the late David Fleming, edited by Shaun Chamberlin (see also <a target="_blank" href="https://leanlogic.online/">Lean Logic</a>)</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://mstdn.social/@DarkOptimism">Shaun on Mastodon</a>, and his <a target="_blank" href="https://ecogather.ing/surviving-the-future/">excellent course on Surviving the Future</a></p><p>* Josh Davila’s <a target="_blank" href="https://theblockchainsocialist.com/">Blockchain Socialist podcast</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://repeaterbooks.com/product/blockchain-radicals-how-capitalism-ruined-crypto-and-how-to-fix-it/">Blockchain Radicals book</a></p><p>* David Graeber, Cory Doctorow and others in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-MNdOUML-A">SPECTRE video</a> about basic income</p><p>Bonus for paying subscribers</p><p>All my sweet paying subscribers who keep ASOMOCO going get a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.asomo.co/p/asomoco-unplugged-ep-2-bonus">bonus 14 minute meditative track here</a>. Enjoy!</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.asomo.co?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">www.asomo.co</a>
November 21, 2024
Introducing ASOMOCO Unplugged, EP.1
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.asomo.co?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">www.asomo.co</a><br/><br/><p>Welcome to ASOMOCO Unplugged, a new experimental podcast format in which I discuss some big things happening in the world of political economics alongside bits of juicy gossip from friends, all interspersed by musical compositions. On today’s episode I play a kalimba through an Ibanez TubeScreamer and talk about…</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.asomo.co/p/the-stone-soup-theory-of-billionaires">Stone Soup Theory of billionaires</a></p><p>* The influencer economy and algorithmic holidays</p><p>* Propaganda on X, and the rise of Bluesky and Substack</p><p>* A <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/@brettscott/note/c-77894383?utm_source=activity_item">recent discussion</a> on the potentially contradictory meanings of ‘anti-woke’</p><p>* Ethnomusicology, and the anthropology of music</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-151378226">Grace Blakeley on the US election</a></p><p>* Marxism, David Graeber and SPECTRE</p><p>* My friend Julio’s upcoming book on Abolishing the US dollar</p><p>* Julio reporting in live from Thailand about quantum money and crypto kings</p><p>* Why I’m planning to write about crypto again</p><p>* Upcoming articles</p><p>Free subscribers get the first half, but if you want the full 45 minutes, sign up for a paid subscription here…</p>
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