NewEnlightenmentAshley

This video maps the analogy of the human superorganism onto the New Enlightenment. Nate Hagens talks about the human superorganism in his book (Reality Blind) and his other works, and I flesh that out and relate it to rent-seeking.

This book convinced me that network power beats out financial power in our system. The video is a book review of Sandra Navidi’s book Superhubs, with commentary on the broader meaning of the book. I connect some of her ideas to a podcast that discussed elite networks in China. Here is a link to that podcast: https://youtu.be/Hn-iQ7-fO3k If you plan to buy the book on Amazon, use this link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3OnFPKz

This video explains the version of the paradigm shift in knowledge systems that we need in the modern era.

This video reviews John Kenneth Galbraith’s book, The New Industrial State. This book essentially makes the argument that capitalism depreciates toward a centrally planned system where the corporate sector and the state merge into a colluding technostructure.

This video goes through the key arguments in Peter Turchin’s book End Times. This includes discussion of the Matthew Principal, the money pump, and the data science of history from his book. The video on Network Power I mentioned is at this link: https://youtu.be/gJqN07wp4nU If you plan to buy the book on Amazon, use this link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/44Rh4NP