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Davig Graeber Podcast Week 01

Anthropologist David Graeber explores the bureaucratic dimension that rules our lives, takes our money, and stretches between the public and private, the right and the left, between capitalism and whatever comes next.

David's new book is The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy.

http://www.mhpbooks.com/books/the-utopia-of-rules/

David Graeber is an anthropologist, writer and activist.


David Graeber follows the rules, to the boring / fascinating heart of bureaucracy itself.

New America's Peter Singer and Passcode's Sara Sorcher chat with Bruce Schneier, prolific author and chief technology officer at Resilient Systems, about the challenges of publicly blaming countries for cyberattacks – and whose job it should be to defend private companies against sophisticated nation-state attacks.  They also hear from Nate Fick, the CEO of Endgame, a venture-backed security intelligence software company, about how he's leveraging cybersecurity solutions once produced just for the government into the private sector.  

Wired's Kim Zetter, author of Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon, joins the panel discussion to talk about how the cyber operation on Iran's nuclear facilities launched a new era of warfare; the vulnerability of US critical infrastructure to Stuxnet-like weapons; and the gender diversity issues bedeviling the cybersecurity industry.

Stuxnet, Sexism, CEOs and Surveillance

Corporations are the dominant actors in Washington. Of the 100 organizations that spend the most on lobbying, 95 represent business, and the largest companies now have upwards of 100 lobbyists representing them. How did American businesses become so invested in politics? And what does all their money buy?

In his new book, The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate, Lee Drutman draws on extensive data and original interviews with corporate lobbyists to provide a detailed picture of what corporations do in Washington, why it matters, and most importantly, how we can make sure that their presence doesn't undermine our democracy.

Join New America NYC for a conversation with Lee Drutman and Zephyr Teachout about the relationship between corporations and Capitol Hill – and how we might reform it.

When Business Gets Political: The Close Relationship Between Corporations and Capitol Hill

Dana Spiotta is the National Book Award-nominated author of “Stone Arabia.” In this conversation with NYPL’s Jessica Strand, Spiotta talks about art, friendships, and her new novel, “Innocents and Others.”

Dana Spiotta on Good People, Heroes, & Writing

Background, context, and transcribed text: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/13/james-baldwin-the-artists-struggle-for-integrity/

Recording by Pacifica Radio Archives.

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James Baldwin: The Artist's Struggle for Integrity (full lecture)

A look at the scientific obstacles and breakthroughs involved in finding and developing new antibiotics.

How Can We Discover Better Antibiotics?

Does getting older spell the end of sexuality? Not always.

Spirit and Body Willing: Sex Over Age 70

anachronistically ahead of my time, economically outcast bon vivant, a round peg in a square world, aesthete without an art, earthbound dunker

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