The conflation of money and things

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54 points | by bookofjoe 5 hours ago ago

18 comments

  • skybrian 2 hours ago 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 an hour ago 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 39 minutes ago 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 ago

    So many popups.

    • kspacewalk2 4 hours ago 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 an hour ago ago

      Didn’t see any in mobile Safari with ad blocker.

    • dnnddidiej 3 hours ago ago

      That popups has an annoying article. I think.

    • deanputney 3 hours ago 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 ago

        It looks good on Firefox For Android with the uBlock Origin add-on.

      • card_zero 3 hours ago ago

        Works fine on Lynx (on Termux).

    • everdrive 3 hours ago ago

      Only if you run javascript

    • CraigJPerry 3 hours ago 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 ago

      lol 11 comments on this article and all but 1 are about the popups

    • kridsdale1 3 hours ago 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 44 minutes ago ago

    Why do people write like this? So much preamble. Unnecessary metaphors. Just make your point and be done with it.

    • toasty228 12 minutes ago ago

      Why do people even write, just so us pictures am I right ?

    • kristianc 22 minutes ago ago

      Because "money and physical things are conflated in our thinking" is simple enough to sound trite.

    • SilasX 37 minutes ago ago

      Haha agreed, but remember, it's posted on lit[erature]hub, not tech[nical]hub.