# 2024-02-08

-   Had to give up on [[Red Enlightenment: On Socialism, Science and Spirituality]] for now.
    -   It's intensely and densely philosophical.  A bit too much for me (especially when reading it in the middle of the night…)
    -   I still like the premise though, so maybe I'll just try and read the conclusion.

-   Started on [[Talking to My Daughter About the Economy]] instead.
    -   Subtitle: A Brief History of Capitalism.
    -   Easier to read, that's for sure.
    -   I think some of his broad sweep of history of agriculture and surplus and economics might need a bit of fact-checking.  c.f. [[The Dawn of Everything]].
    -   Talks about [[Enclosure Movement]].  How [[Debt]] played a big role in genesis of capitalism.