This episode is something different: a presentation by Christopher Hobson on where the world finds itself at the end of tumultuous year. It explores some of the features of the present polycrisis, and moving into conditions in which the aperture of possibility looks to be considerably widening. While the presentation can be followed easily in audio only, the video version with slides is available on the Imperfect notes substack.

Continuing the conversation with Pete Chambers, recorded in the third quarter of 2024. This returns to the central theme of smartphones, social media and digital technologies, thinking through the social costs and consequences that come with them. What we are faced with is an ever-growing gap between the sophistication of our technologies and the simplification of thought and degrading of interpersonal interactions.

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In this episode, Chris and Pete welcome Joseph Vogl, who is a Regular Visiting Professor at Princeton University, and until last year, he was Professor of Modern German Literature, Cultural and Media Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Our conversation focuses on Vogl's most recent book: Capital and Ressentiment: A Brief Theory of the Present (2022), while also connecting it to his previous works, The Ascendancy of Finance (2017) and The Specter of Capital (2014).

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