Ch2: How focusing on poverty (instead of inequality) allows for optimistic narrative about progress these past 2 centuries. Actually most happened in China, which obviously not capitalist. She presents much data on distribution of gains to show rising tides floats yachts more than boats. Piketty. Neoliberalism. How we forget to talk about class. Focusing on poverty only leaves the rich to do what they want.
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chadkoh commented on Limitarianism by Ingrid Robeyns
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Ch1: Poverty much more visible than extreme wealth. Media doesn’t report enough on the rich, many don’t notice inequality. 4 kinds of wealthy. Diff between rich and super-rich. 3 thresholds: the Rich Limit: how much it takes for people to think of you as rich; the Ethical Limit: the max amount you can hold without feeling icky (about 1M per person); the political limit: the cap the gov should incur (10M per person).
chadkoh commented on Limitarianism by Ingrid Robeyns
Intro: Exploring the ethics of extreme wealth. She puts her cards on the table right away, arguing for an “ethical limit” of 1m per person, to be dug into later. She bats away common criticisms: limitarianism is not about USSR communism. Nor the abolition of markets or private property. She takes apart the “envy objection” and points out the illogic of envy politics.
chadkoh started reading Limitarianism by Ingrid Robeyns
Limitarianism by Ingrid Robeyns
We all notice when the poor get poorer: when there are more rough sleepers and food bank queues start to …
chadkoh reviewed Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
Just enough capitalism
3 stars
Cal Newport’s latest advice book tackles the question of productivity in knowledge work. Factory work can much more easily be measured and systematized. Newport points out that office workers, writers, artists, and scholars are often assigned tasks and must come up with their own individual system to be productive. These systems are opaque to managers, who end up relying on “visible activity” (which many busy office workers are familiar with) as the proxy for productivity. Add in always-on email and instant messaging apps, plus a global pandemic and people trying to work from busy homes, and you end up with a lot of burnout.
However…
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chadkoh finished reading A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Monk & Robot, #2)
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Monk & Robot, #2)
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …
chadkoh started reading Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading …
chadkoh started reading A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Monk & Robot, #2)
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Monk & Robot, #2)
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …
chadkoh finished reading Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary novel of humanity's battle …
chadkoh started reading Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary novel of humanity's battle …
chadkoh finished reading Northern Ireland by Feargal Cochrane
chadkoh finished reading Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony by Bodhi
chadkoh finished reading Governable Spaces by Nathan Schneider
Governable Spaces by Nathan Schneider, Darija Medic
When was the last time you participated in an election for an online group chat or sat on a jury …
chadkoh commented on Governable Spaces by Nathan Schneider
Epilogue: Wrapup. "Feudal designs permit expressions of affective voice but not… effective voice." "Feudal defaults teach their users the embedded ideology of homesteading" (colonialism) "Through governable stacks, communities can identify and root out feudal patterns and remake them as commons." "The stack is social, technical, and environmental infrastructure. It is affective and effective." Not techno-solutionism.