The Ministry for the Future 71-75, 77: The Everything Feeling, Big Dickens Energy, and Sneezing Cats

Marooned! on Mars with Matt and Hilary

English - December 12, 2020 20:03 - 1 hour - 78 MB - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Books Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: The Ministry for the Future 60-70: Holidays, Deferral, Bureaucrats, Judo, Narcissism, Euthanasia, Good Poop, Napoleon

Next Episode: The Ministry for the Future 76-88: Mourning, Loss, Followers, and the Tapestry of Shit

We're back! In this episode we achieve our lowest minutes-to-pages ratio yet, with 25 pages discussed in 90 minutes! Only for true KSR/ Marooned on Mars heads!

We start by taking stock of some of Stan's recent interviews and some of the (glowing) reviews that have been coming out about the book, and skip forward to Chapter 85, a weirdly emotional list of organizations that are working to save the world.

Then we talk about the usual: the state, the law, the market, money, sabotage, arbitrage, organization, spontaneity, the problem of spirit, religion, animals, etc.

We talk about MMT vs. a Marxist critique of capitalism, the relationship of democracy and transparency, money and power, and the everything feeling. We think about what it's like when nature looks back at you and when your cat sneezes into your microphone. We ponder the riddle of history and debate the all-too-human costs of pie.

Thanks for listening! Do not email us if you have any criticisms, we only accept praise and collaboration!

Email us at [email protected]

Leave us a voicemail on the Anchor.fm app

Rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Music by Spirit of Space

---

Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marooned-on-mars/message