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Sad. I'm so sad after reading this book, which is about UBI, but is also actually about our capacities to dream and imagine a world other than this, and the diminution of those dreams into a matter of merely surviving the world we've been given. More words to come.
— Jul 10, 2026 01:08AM
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Incredibly good. Much more than just about the UBI, instead it uses it as an index to track entire shifting landscapes of political economy and attitudes towards it. Very US-UK focused so far though, waiting for the 'global' to really kick in.
— Jul 06, 2026 06:06PM
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Jul 10, 2026 02:24AM
Sorry to read you're sad. But I do think it is commendable that you're continually willing to engage with these matters. I take it you have that inner drive to 'accumulate' knowledge? (':
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Thank you! But yes - I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I didn't!
Is there a book with 'market' in its title that has ever made you happy?
Challenge level impossible!
Then books on pirates might tickle one's fancy.