[ExI] Money and Human Nature (was Re: Capitalism, anti capitalism, emotional arousal)

[Tara Maya]

> I took the time yesterday night to watch Money as Debt parts II and III on Youtube, and while not much of their content is revolutionary news, most of it is explained in a very straightforward, concise and constructive way.
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> There are a few unrequired subtly anti-transhumanistic hints ("limits of growth", etc.), but besides that I think that the issues debated there may be much more crucial to our future than the tired and largely outdated discussion "Adam Smith vs Karl Marx" which may still haunt many of us but increasingly sounds as the Pope vs the Emperor to most ears.
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Unfortunately, I don't think the anti-transhumanism is at all accidental or incidental to anti-capitalism. I think anti-capitalism, is, at heart, a revolt against the rise of urban globalism and the literariat's last stand against the digitariat.

Tara Maya

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