The Hedonic Blitzkrieg
Added 2018-11-22 16:43:10 +0000 UTCIn their thanksgiving special, Liz and Matt eschew hot topics in favor of a full episode on the pitfalls of consumer markets. The jumping off point for the discussion is the recent writing about the Decline of Sex, but your wacky hosts think these articles miss the fact that the Decline of Sex is not a sui generis phenomenon, but is instead an outgrowth of consumer capitalist encroachment that we see in many areas of life.
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Free will is a myth. Hard determinism is reality. Our preferences are the product of a confluence of influences. Rational choice theory is bunk, our desires and consumer choices are unconsciously decided and consciously rationalized.
Babak Golshahi
2018-12-03 19:58:39 +0000 UTC
