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Philosophy

the value of nothing

The question is whether what we currently reward actually assists the capacity of civilisation to persist, adapt, repair itself, and create meaningful futures.

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money

wealth drag

Wealth is usually treated as evidence that society is working. But extreme accumulation may also reveal something stranger: a system increasingly organised around preserving wealth, whether or not that preservation still serves the world around it.

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Philosophy

billionaire welfare

Extreme wealth is not proof of independence. The billionaire appears to stand above society, but in reality stands upon it.

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cybernetics

what is economic reality?

Economic reality is not found in the cash register. It is found in the relational field that makes the register mean anything at all.

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politics

political speed-dating down under: the golden bulldozer

Australia’s political speed-dating with One Nation suggests that what has happened in the USA is not an exception, it is a franchised political method.