Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-02-12
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Christopher Wong discussed Brain of the Firm by Stafford Beer and Designing Freedom by Stafford Beer. Also mentioned: African Anarchism by Sam Mbah and others and Island by Aldous Huxley.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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African Anarchism
Discussed“with regard to the African um chapter, the impression that I got while reading that chapter um and I think the book itself references um Samba um I got the impression that the author had read um African anarchism, history of a movement by Sam and um they were just kind of like inspired by that”
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Island
Island by Aldous Huxley is the author's final novel, presenting a utopian vision of a Pacific island society that integrates Eastern philosophy, psychedelic exploration, and sustainable community living.
Discussed“however, here now as the minor birds in Aldos Huxley's Island, so often repeat, um, we can and should pay attention to what we can do to support ourselves for whatever outcome, you know”
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Brain of the Firm
Discussed“there was a really interesting thing to me about this because you know if if you look at how like if if you look at how the socialist block sort of responds to to the crisis of the 70s and you know their sort of decay in the 80s like they they have this option available to them right they”
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Designing Freedom
Discussed“There's one little line from uh Beer's book. Well, it's actually a set of presentations called Designing Freedom that I absolutely love. It cracks me up every time I read it.”
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