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nathantankus.bsky.social • 6 days ago

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I had reason tonight to reread this interview I did with Philip Mirowski 12 years ago on his book "Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste" and man, its really good if I do say so myself. I ended asking him about Climate Change and that especially holds up

www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/08/fixi...

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tehan.bsky.social•6 days ago

God this passage feels especially pertinent now. Thanks for sharing

tehan.bsky.social•6 days ago

And the "long-term science fiction response" reminds me of the Abundance stuff making the rounds at the moment. Not that it's an intentional plan, but perhaps neoliberal thought dominates our patterns of thinking to the extent that these appears to be the only options

nathantankus.bsky.social•6 days ago

It definitely an intentional plan, which does not mean its the grand design of one or a few minds or that Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are anywhere nearly fully aware of how the Neoliberal Thought Collective shapes their thinking

tehan.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yeah I get you. I tend to try to stay away from intentionality explanations but, you can see it as intentional in the sense of certain policies or views more likely to become salient if they align with a type of orthodoxy

tehan.bsky.social•6 days ago

Or even as a potted darwinism, orthodoxy determines what general set of ideas (and thinkers) created are likely to be (variation) and then the ones that make it to the fore are going to be those supported by media systems, political systems, think tanks etc (selection)

nathantankus.bsky.social•6 days ago

I think the existence of self conscious thought collectives are a fundamental challenge to this way of thinking

katiecannon.bsky.social•6 days ago

Ezra actually did a long interview with Mirowski

I can’t find it, but I’m sure it’s still out there somewhere.

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