Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2021-12-18
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 14
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Christopher Wong recommended The Magical State by Fernando Coronil, and discussed The constitution of liberty by Friedrich A. von Hayek, Debt by David Graeber, and Liquidated by Karen Ho. Robert Evans discussed Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow and Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow. Also mentioned: Electrify by Saul Griffith and Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The constitution of liberty
Friedrich A.
Discussed“Again, the constitution was not only named after Hayek's book, The Constitution of Liberty, but also incorporated significant elements of Hayek's thinking. Above all, the Constitution placed a strong emphasis on a neoliberal understanding of freedom.”
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The Magical State
The Magical State by Fernando Coronil is a celebrated anthropological study examining how oil wealth shaped the political culture, state formation, and national identity of Venezuela.
Recommended“And in order to correct that, we're going to look at Venezuela. I'm going to be drawing heavily here from the work of the legendary Venezuelan anthropologist Fernando Corinil in his book, The Magical State, which I highly recommend is one of the best things I've ever written about oil and the Venezuelan state.”
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Debt
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber is a sweeping anthropological examination of the history and social functions of debt, credit, and power across human civilizations.
Discussed“The anthropologist David Greyber described the consequence of one such IMF austerity program in debt the first 5,000 years. Quote, "For almost 2 years, I had lived in the highlands of Madagascar. Shortly before I arrived, there had been an outbreak of malaria."”
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Liquidated
Liquidated by Karen Ho offers an in-depth ethnography and history of Wall Street, examining the culture and practices of investment banking during the shareholder revolution of the 1990s.
Discussed“If if there's a really good ethnography that I've plugged before on here called liquidated uh an an ethnography of Wall Street where an anthropologist goes onto Wall Street and works there for a while and then you conduct a bunch of interviews doesn't does anthropological stuff”
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Electrify
Saul Griffith's Electrify is a forward-looking book that examines practical engineering and financing solutions to address the climate crisis and reduce carbon emissions.
Recommended“And you know what, if you're feeling nihilistic about uh about climate, um I'm nearly through Saul Griffith's book, Electrify. Uh Saul's an old friend of mine. He's MacArthur winner.”
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Pirate Cinema
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow is a young adult science fiction novel that explores the world of copyright enforcement, digital rights, and intellectual property in a near-future London.
Discussed“I wanted to shift for a moment. Um I was thinking recently about I think probably the earliest back book of yours that I've read, Pirate Cinema, which is heavily involved.”
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Attack Surface
Discussed“Um I'm curious, we've got a little bit of time left and I wanted to ask in your your novel Attack Service, uh I know was released 2020, right? October if I'm not mistaken.”
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Little Brother
Discussed“Um, and so, you know, the the this expansion of surveillance is like been on my mind for a long time. I've been writing about it well at least since little brother, right? So 2006 I wrote that novel”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“You're also an an author. You've written some great fiction. I think today we'll probably talk most around books like Attack Service and Walk Away, but you've written a lot of wonderful stuff.”
“You're also an an author. You've written some great fiction. I think today we'll probably talk most around books like Attack Service and Walk Away, but you've written a lot of wonderful stuff.”
“This is where I do my my Woody Allen uh you know nothing of my work uh shtick because I I had this novel Maker Makers in 2009 in 2008. It's it's why uh uh Brie Pettis went out and founded Makerbot.”
“You know, I I um kickstarted the audio book for Attack Surface. Uh, and I I offered as like the top tier you could commission short stories in the Little Brother universe. And there were three of those and I just finished the first of them.”
“Uh, and I I offered as like the top tier you could commission short stories in the Little Brother universe. And there were three of those and I just finished the first of them. And it's about um future pipeline protests.”