Adam Reese
@OneAdamReese
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Published @mitpress, @FT, @africaarguments, and elsewhere
Joined September 2017
I'm honored to have contributed to @rameshmedia's important new book on building more user-centric tech in this digital age (@mitpress). My chapter provides an intro to blockchain tech for a general audience AND challenges ‘orthodox’ thinking in the space
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In this provocative book, Ramesh Srinivasan describes the internet as both an enabler of frictionless efficiency and a dirty tangle of politics, economics, a...
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And something random to round out this thread: a George Grosz documentary!
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And for good measure, a couple solid docs on her late husband C.L.R. James
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Today's selection: the great Selma James, still spitting fire in an interview recorded weeks before her 91st birthday last year
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Attiya Waris and Steven Dean on financial crimes + why some jurisdictions get stuck with the 'tax haven' label while others don't
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And here's Harsha Walia discussing her book on the subject, published last year, with Robin D.G. Kelley
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For today, a double-header on bordering practices, starting with another talk by Achille Mbembe
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And finally, here's how Arturo Escobar framed the topic back in 2017
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Second, Philippe Descola's take on basically the same set of questions
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Next, here are three talks related to Mbembe's concept of planetary habitability... First, Felwine Sarr continues to iterate on his own recent work about rethinking how we live
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Here's Achille Mbembe talking about planetary habitability, the logic of domination, and more
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So it's been over 6 months since my last tweet... quite an accomplishment! I'm breaking the streak to share some lectures and conversations that I recently watched and found compelling for one reason or another. No sound bites! Here's James Ferguson https://t.co/GZkONNnOMo
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I realize it's in very poor form to reflect on a person's shortcomings so soon after their passing. It's a choice I'm making consciously
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The millionaire pastor TB Joshua has died. As long as I live, I'll never forget the sadness I felt when I first heard about the events in the linked story
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Many in the crypto space are very vocal about their anti-tyranny views, so it's interesting to watch them celebrate authoritarian leaders
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