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Why the Generation Wars are Made Up
Intergenerational conflict can feel unavoidable, with boomers hating on millennials hating on Gen X. But what if our paradigm for thinking about generations isn’t just cliche, but entirely misguided? We’ll explain in this video on the manufacturing of generational conflict.
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We'll be chatting today about literacy and loneliness with @_jared !
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We talk about Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance and get into the differences between spectacle and statement, largely with the help of Craig Jenkins' very good article on the topic (linked below). Michael also drops some heavy news about the future of the channel towards the end. Oh, and dome. Lots of dome.
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The Silicon Valley Plan to End Capitalism
While the billionaires of Silicon Valley might seem like they're pushing capitalism into a brave new world, they're actually trying to move beyond it all together. It's called technofeudalism, and it imagines a world in which powerful corporations and oligarchs replace governments. While it might sound like something out of a dystopian film, we're already living in it. We'll explain in this video on how the tech bros want to re-shape politics.
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https://www.wired.com/story/yanis-varoufakis-technofeudalism-interview/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/24/yanis-varoufakis-technofeudalism-capitalism-ukraine-interview
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How I Failed an Online Marxism Course
After being served an ad for a free course on Marxism, Socialism, and Communism from Hillsdale college over and over, we had to check it out. So Michael signed up and completed the course, and along the way, gained some weird and terrifying insights into the dark underside of the conservative intellectual movement. Check it out for yourself in this video investigation into right-wing American education.
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