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.