Dear Super-Subscribers,

Here is the audio edition - exclusive to paying subscribers - of my latest essay, The Cult of the Black Hole: The Five Pillars of Bitcoin Mysticism

It’s a big essay, so this one comes in at 38 minutes.

For many years now I’ve written essays on the culture and politics of Bitcoin. In each one I try to explore a new angle on the pheno…

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Dear super-subscribers,

I’m happy to present to you the audio edition of my latest essay Humanity-as-a-Service: Commoditizing the Human Touch in the Age of AI.

It’s 19 minutes long.

You can find the images mentioned in the audio below

Cheers!
Brett

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Dear super-subscribers,

Here’s the audio of me reading my latest essay Neon Genesis USA: Is Trump a Mecha Pilot? It’s 14 minutes long.

In this piece I offer a metaphoric framework for thinking about the mindset and actions of US president Donald Trump, but it can be applied to other world leaders too. I don’t see it as perfect, but I invite you to extend …

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Dear Super-Subscribers,

Here is the audio version, read by myself, of my latest essay The Green Room. It explores the elite fragility at the heart of the Epstein saga, with some personal anecdotes along the way. I hope you enjoy.

Much love,

Brett

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Dear super-subscribers,

Here is the audio version of The Stranger King of Venezuela: An anthropological lens on Trump’s American Colonialism.

In this essay I introduce you to the anthropologist Marshall Sahlins’ work on kings, and how it can help us to understand not only the relationship of Venezuelans to Trump, but also the relationship between US Amer…

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Dear super-subscribers,

Here’s the audio essay version of my latest piece Scraping the Sky: Life on the Tip of the Economic Pyramid.

I’m experimenting with sound design, so this is probably my most immersive audio piece so far. Give it a listen!

The piece adds more colour and cultural dimensions to The Ten Layers of Finance essay that I published for payin…

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Dear super-subscribers,

I’m no fan of Black Friday, and to mark this I’m releasing an essay about it here, alongside this audio essay. This particular audio essay is derived from a video version that I’m also releasing on YouTube, so check that out if you’d like to watch me in my lounge with my winter plant grow-light shining in the background to give it…

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Dear super-subscribers,

Here is the audio version of my new piece on MMT. Both the written version and the audio are exclusive to paying subscribers. I’ll be working on a Part 2 over the next weeks too. Hope you enjoy!

Cheers,
Brett

Links

1. The original MMT video primer

2. The paper I mentioned: An Accounting Model of the UK Exchequer

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Dear super-subscribers,

This is the audio edition of Bufferland: How corporations violate us and make their employees suffer for it.

It was inspired by a recent experience I had in Gatwick airport, but I’ve harboured these views for a long time, so I thought I’d write it out as an essay.

I hope you enjoy, and thanks for your ongoing support

Brett

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Dear super-subscribers,

Here’s the audio essay version of Making Capitalism Bad Again: How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more.

The full 34 minute version is exclusive to paying subscribers. Free subscribers can access the first 10 minutes as a preview.

Enjoy!

Brett

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Dear super-subscribers,

Here’s the audio edition of The Five Faces of the Taxman: He cometh, but who is he and what does he want?

It shows five views of how to conceptualise the role of tax in our economy, and how these relate to our perceptions of money.

I hope you enjoy!

Brett

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Dearest ASOMOCO super-subscribers,

Here’s the audio version of The Whale of Mass Destruction: How a fundamental weakness in Bitcoin might (technically) crash our economy.

You can find the images mentioned in the audio below

It’s 33 minutes long. Enjoy!

Cheers,
Brett

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Dearest super-subscribers,

Here’s the audio edition of The Algorithmic Holiday. It’s 16 minutes long. Hope you enjoy!

Some news: I’m going to be pushing pause on payments at the end of today, so your paid subscriptions will be frozen in time until I return to full time Substacking in a few weeks (for those on annual subscriptions, this time doesn’t count …

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Dear super-subscribers,

Here is the audio edition of The Archipelago: why your inner libertarian dreams of digital gold.

Just a quick note about this piece: Sometimes I write these more experimental (and slightly more technical) pieces, and they’re semi-unfinished because they’re leading on to other pieces that will fill in other parts of the picture.

So, …

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Dear ASOMOCO super-supporters,

Here is the audio version of Detachment Theory: Libertarianism in the anxious-avoidant economy. I hope you enjoy!

Cheers!

Brett

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Dear ASOMOCO super-supporters,

Here’s the audio version of Robot’s don’t take your job. Bosses do. It’s the latest instalment of my Lego Capitalism series.

You can find the images referred to in the audio below.

Cheers!

Brett

(P.S. if you haven’t checked out the latest video in the Econ Life series, give it a watch! Part 7 is next on the list)

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Dear super-supporters,

Here’s the audio edition of How to Defend Cash in Under 5 Minutes. If you want to see my other pro-cash work, check out the Cashback section on ASOMOCO.

Here is the video mentioned in the audio edition

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Dear ASOMOCO super-supporters,

I’m really happy to present the audio edition of my latest essay, Against the Factory Farming of Creativity: Why you should join the digital organic movement. It’s 23 minutes long, and I really hope you enjoy it.

Also, I’m working on the Part 6 video for Econ Life 101 right now. I’ll aim to release it in the next week

Cheers!

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Dear super-supporters,

Here is the audio edition, exclusive to paying subscribers, of my new piece Surveillance Capitalism 2024, Wrapped: How spying-as-a-service now gets sent to us as a Christmas present.

You can find the images mentioned in the audio edition below

Hope you enjoy, and wishing you and your loved ones a great festive season

Brett

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I’m really happy to present to you the audio edition of The Art of Crypto Kayfabe. I had a lot of fun writing this piece, and I hope you have fun going through it. That said, it’s also a very serious piece about a very serious issue.

Below you’ll find the images mentioned in the audio.

Cheers!

Brett

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