In this episode, we take a look at sugar from a political economic perspective. Sugar isn't unique, but it does have an existing book about it: Sweetness and Power by Sidney Mintz. How does a rare and labor-intensive commodity become so ubiquitous as to have avoiding it become a status signal? And what does this tell us about the visibility (or invisibility) of systems?

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Today we're discussing the strange paradox of frictionless consumption robbing you of one of the key pleasures of consumption: fantasy. Hence, the title. It turns out, having a few days to fantasize may actually be better for your consuming pleasure than same-day delivery.

If you're listening to this in audio format, here's a link to Fantin-Latour's La Lecture.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Lecture_(Fantin-Latour,_Lyon)

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Here we're discussing the algorithm and its effect on our perceived sense of desire. To clarify things, we use some Lacan, Žižek, and a touch of Greenfield to organize the topic.

As always, this is not monetized, and I have placed no ads here. If you're hearing them, they don't benefit me at all. Thanks for listening.