The conflation of money and things

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54 points | by bookofjoe 5 hours ago

4 comments

  • skybrian 2 hours ago
    This is a book excerpt. I didn’t find any in-depth reviews, but one of the authors posted a summary of the book here:

    https://jwmason.org/slackwire/against-money/

  • justonceokay 1 hour ago
    A friend of mine uses the term “coin sickness“ to describe somebody who would rather have money than material wealth. Someone who sees the brand of clothing but couldn’t identify quality fabrics or stitching.
    • whytaka 42 minutes ago
      While financialized society is still standing, I'd much rather have money than material wealth.

      Security and freedom, time, and well-being. Worth much more than another luxury t-shirt.

  • SteveDavis88 4 hours ago
    So many popups.
    • kspacewalk2 3 hours ago
      I love reading articles in Firefox. uBlock Origin takes care of most annoyances, immediately using Reader View on load makes it them look the same.
    • layer8 1 hour ago
      Didn’t see any in mobile Safari with ad blocker.
    • dnnddidiej 3 hours ago
      That popups has an annoying article. I think.
    • deanputney 3 hours ago
      My mobile browser gave up it was so bad. Shame, it seemed like it could have been an interesting read.
      • rationalist 3 hours ago
        It looks good on Firefox For Android with the uBlock Origin add-on.
      • card_zero 3 hours ago
        Works fine on Lynx (on Termux).
    • everdrive 3 hours ago
      Only if you run javascript
    • CraigJPerry 2 hours ago
      i turned off adguard on ios safari to see what you're talking about... oh wow! You really didn't overstate it.

      In other news, my appreciation of the block lists i have configured in adguard just notched up a few more points!

    • paulpauper 2 hours ago
      lol 11 comments on this article and all but 1 are about the popups
    • kridsdale1 3 hours ago
      I use Chrome for iOS. On human-hostile sites like that, I take the human out of the loop. I press the “hey Gemini, what is this page about?” button and read a clean version in an overlay window.
  • Hnrobert42 47 minutes ago
    Why do people write like this? So much preamble. Unnecessary metaphors. Just make your point and be done with it.
    • toasty228 15 minutes ago
      Why do people even write, just so us pictures am I right ?
    • kristianc 25 minutes ago
      Because "money and physical things are conflated in our thinking" is simple enough to sound trite.
    • SilasX 40 minutes ago
      Haha agreed, but remember, it's posted on lit[erature]hub, not tech[nical]hub.