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The Enjoyment of Negativity: On ‘The Social Dilemma’

I If God Is Dead, Social Media Is Permitted

Oct 21, 2020

The Enjoyment of Negativity: On ‘The Social Dilemma’

Oct 21, 2020

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DataDrivenInvestor

Trump’s Policies Will Be an Economic Disaster. Why Do Investors Support Them?

Alasdair Cannon is a writer and economics teacher based in London. His new book, Infinite Discontent: Writings on the Allure of Fascism…

Nov 28, 2024

Trump’s Policies Will Be an Economic Disaster. Why Do Investors Support Them?

Nov 28, 2024

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The Startup

As a writer, I’m afraid of capitalism — not ChatGPT.

We expected the ‘routine’ jobs to go first. After ChatGPT, though, creatives face the threat of automation. Freelance authors and artists…

Sep 9, 2023

As a writer, I’m afraid of capitalism — not ChatGPT.

Sep 9, 2023

Playing & (Knowing the Other’s) Reality

Transitional Phenomena, Empathy & Epistemology

Feb 10, 2023

Playing & (Knowing the Other’s) Reality

Feb 10, 2023

Secondary Narcissism & Freudian Subjectivity

An essay I wrote for the Concepts in Psychoanalysis Module, undertaken as part of Birkbeck, University of London’s MA in Psychoanalytic…

Jan 17, 2023

Secondary Narcissism & Freudian Subjectivity

Jan 17, 2023

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DataDrivenInvestor

Can Australia Afford COVID-Zero?

Originally written for RealTimeCEO

Sep 16, 2021

Can Australia Afford COVID-Zero?

Sep 16, 2021

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DataDrivenInvestor

‘Another Now’ by Yanis Varoufakis

A Review (That Sort of Became an Essay on Why You Should Respect This Man)

May 14, 2021

‘Another Now’ by Yanis Varoufakis

May 14, 2021

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DataDrivenInvestor

Ersatz Capitalism?

Financial Markets & COVID-19

Mar 4, 2021

Ersatz Capitalism?

Mar 4, 2021

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DataDrivenInvestor

Shoshana Zuboff’s Inevitabilism

The Politics of Technological Change, Pt. I

Jan 6, 2021

Shoshana Zuboff’s Inevitabilism

Jan 6, 2021

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Modern Monetary Theory

Written for RealTimeCEO

Dec 15, 2020

Modern Monetary Theory

Dec 15, 2020

Alasdair Cannon

Alasdair Cannon

Writer / Author. Debut book, Holding Patterns, out now via Bonfire Books.

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