Tech doesn't make our lives easier. It makes them FASTER
In a growth-based economy, technologies such as AI are never used to save time. They are used to make your life busier
Altered States of Monetary Consciousness
Reports from the frontiers of modern money. By Brett Scott
Latest posts
The Scouring of Middle Earth
Why Tolkien would rename Palantir Technologies to Orthanc Inc.
Cult of the Black Hole
The Five Pillars of Bitcoin Mysticism
Humanity-as-a-Service
Commoditizing the human touch in the age of AI
Neon Genesis USA
Is Trump a mecha pilot?
Modern Monetary Theory: a 10-Part Model
Understanding MMT from the ground up
Should We Pity The Rich
Bob Marley’s famous quipped that "some people are so poor, all they have is money". In this video I explain why
The Stranger King of Venezuela
The anthropology of Trump's new American colonialism
The Stranger King of Venezuela
An anthropological lens on Trump's American Colonialism and the MAGA movement
2025 in review - The Trump-AI-Crypto Nexus
2025 saw the collision between the short-term populist politics of Trump and the long-term trend of automation
How to free your mind from BIG TECH propaganda
History is not a video game
Scraping the Sky
Life on the tip of the economic pyramid
Is Black Friday a Spell?
The term 'abracadabra' means 'I create as I speak', but what can this teach us about Black Friday?
What David Graeber can teach us about narco gangs
David Graeber was a brilliant economic anthropologist who fought against the dogmas of mainstream economics, especially through books like Debt: The First 5000 Years. In this video I explain his perspective on the three moral logics of economic life - everyday communism, reciprocity and hierarchy
A message for anyone building AI in 2025
It's an exciting time to be building AI in 2025, but if you're an AI engineer, investor or worker, don't be naive about how the artificial intelligence tools you build will be weaponized by states, corporations and bosses.