The structure of the problem is unfolding.Note: this was recorded before the post-COVID labor market, the new wave of labor organizing, and the resurgence of strikes. We like strikes.“The Infrastructure of the Modern World”from “A History
Derick & Ezri become unsettled with the implications of Turchin’s social stability positivism. produced & edited by Pat http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network
Ezri & Derick compare Peter Turchin’s attempt to formalize modes of production in Ages of Discord to marxist attempts to periodize history. produced & edited by Pat http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network
Derick & Ezri reflect on how developments in the memory-holed Skeptic and New Atheist movements shaped us and the political landscape through pieces by Massimo Pigliucci ("Vindicating science by bringing it down": https://platofootnote.wordpres
Ezri & Derick finally make it past the Preface of “A History of Separation” and zero in on an incongruous premise produced & edited by Paul http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network
Derick & Ezri continue critiquing the methodology of “A History of Separation” and start realizing how long this is going to take produced & edited by Paul http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network
Paul Channelstrip (The Antifada, Reel Abstractions) is taking over as editor and producer of Mortal Science, which means new episodes will start coming out again. Patrons get to hear them early with the new Null Set feed. http://patreon.com/
Ezri & Derick bite off more critical theory than they can chew as a brief overview of “A History of Separation” from Endnotes 4 turns into something much more unwieldy produced & edited by Paul http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emanc
Derick & Ezri continue their attempt to define marxism during a dialectical earthquake. "What is Marxism?: A Bird’s-Eye View" by Bertell Ollman https://medium.com/thedialogues/what-is-marxism-a-birds-eye-view-90c45fd2ab81 http://patreon.co
Ezri & Derick explore the many ways to dismiss and abuse the notion of class interest, along with the invocations of its loyalty and betrayal, only to be left with an uncomfortable paradox. Avishai Margalit, On Betrayal, 2017 Adam Przeworski
Derick & Ezri trace the General Will through Vichy France, Zionist Israel, and the occupation of Bajor, wondering all the while what this means for a theory of class interest. Avishai Margalit, On Betrayal, 2017 http://patreon.com/mortalsci
Feast on an undisciplined and unedited romp vaguely centered on the 2020 US election, recorded on November 4th.featuring Derick & Ezri Jake (of Swampside Chats) Kyle (of General Intellect Unit) Sophia (of Jumpsuit Utopia) Tom (of From Al
Ezri & Derick explore the philosophical and anthropological aspects of betrayal through a thick symbolic slurry of bodily juices.Avishai Margalit, On Betrayal, 2017Marshall Sahlins, “What Kinship Is (Part One)”, 2011
Derick & Ezri begin their attempt to define marxism by fortifying the motte-and-bailey fortress of contemporary social democracy."Marxism vs Communism" by Richard Wolffhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meAAIL6dswk"What It Means to Be a Marxi
Derick & Ezri discuss Chuang's early COVID-19 piece "Social Contagion", share stories of further disorienting happenings, and muse on the near future of the United Stateshttp://chuangcn.org/2020/02/social-contagion/http://emancipation.networ