The wealthy and the powerful love not only the culture wars but also distractions like Trump, Elon, and Kanye because it prevents the rest of us plebs from forming solidarity.
Thanks for this, it's encouraging. Sometimes, when the news gets me down, I'll go to Google News and just type "solar energy" into the search box. So much good work being done, so many projects being built right now that may still avert a climate catastrophe, but I guess good things don't qualify as "news" once they're happening on a regular basis.
Also, a report came out this week estimating the Covid vaccines saved 3 million lives in the U.S. and maybe 20 million worldwide. None of us can ever hope that our own work makes as much of a positive contribution as these vaccine scientists, but it really puts into perspective the "work" of those hollow men (mostly) whose mission in life is to say they "created shareholder value."
Jared, I have been frustrated for a long time with the way that people quote Adam Smith and The Wealth of Nations the way some folks cherry-pick Bible verses. Especially annoying is the notion that “the invisible hand” of the market will make everything ok if left to its own devices. You are one of the very few people I have ever listened who have actually pointed out Adam Smith’s warnings of the dangers of an unregulated economy, and the ways in which Capitalism requires that some folks “and their progeny will not thrive.” I so appreciate your scrupulous scholarship on this subject. Thank you! Love it!
The wealthy and the powerful love not only the culture wars but also distractions like Trump, Elon, and Kanye because it prevents the rest of us plebs from forming solidarity.
Thanks for this, it's encouraging. Sometimes, when the news gets me down, I'll go to Google News and just type "solar energy" into the search box. So much good work being done, so many projects being built right now that may still avert a climate catastrophe, but I guess good things don't qualify as "news" once they're happening on a regular basis.
Also, a report came out this week estimating the Covid vaccines saved 3 million lives in the U.S. and maybe 20 million worldwide. None of us can ever hope that our own work makes as much of a positive contribution as these vaccine scientists, but it really puts into perspective the "work" of those hollow men (mostly) whose mission in life is to say they "created shareholder value."
Good people doing good things. That's the energy I want.
That said, the (totally predictable?) crash and burn of SBF has been a pleasure to watch.
Jared, I have been frustrated for a long time with the way that people quote Adam Smith and The Wealth of Nations the way some folks cherry-pick Bible verses. Especially annoying is the notion that “the invisible hand” of the market will make everything ok if left to its own devices. You are one of the very few people I have ever listened who have actually pointed out Adam Smith’s warnings of the dangers of an unregulated economy, and the ways in which Capitalism requires that some folks “and their progeny will not thrive.” I so appreciate your scrupulous scholarship on this subject. Thank you! Love it!