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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So-called ‘stablecoins’ are presented as if they were some cutting-edge new innovation, but the essence that lies behind them has existed for hundreds of years, and has taken countless different forms. In my latest essay, I show you 10 of those www.asomo.co/p/the-spirit...

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The Spirit in the Stablecoin

How an ancient form occupies a modern body

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I love it. I work on protecting physical cash. Would it be possible for me to use this in one of my articles?

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To understand economic growth you have to stop thinking about it solely as *output* - stuff pumped out of society - but rather as *input* - the stuff that we have to pump back into us to keep going. In this view, it's a process of bloat, the expansion of our needs, and heaviness

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For centuries now, economists have falsely claimed that barter led to the origin of money. In this video, I explain why this is a myth, and why this myth has far-reaching consequences for our lives www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYQt...

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The MYTH of Barter, and why it harms us

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Rethinking Economics International @rethinkecon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It's time - our membership is now open! Become a member of Rethinking Economics International to help build a better economics for our futures, our communities and our planet. Join us: rethinkeconomics.org/become-a-mem...

A photo of someone speaking into a microphone at a Rethinking Economics event. Over the top is bold text in our new design. Dark blue text on a yellow rectangle says: It's finally here!. Below in lighter blue text on a dark blue rectangle it says: 'Become a member'.

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Gentrification is like cutting away the roots of a plant, while preserving the branches in resin. The organic basis of the culture dies, while the appearance remains. My latest piece www.asomo.co/p/the-craft-...

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The Craft of Capitalism

How gentrification sands away the rough beauty of Berlin

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I see so many debates right now about whether or not AI increases productivity. My response to these arguments is *who cares?* Here's why youtube.com/shorts/3t2nw...

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The LIE they tell us about AI productivity gains

YouTube video by Brett Scott

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I’m a Luddite towards AI because it does cognitive heavy lifting, and that’s a recipe for making your mind muscle weak

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We're told that technology makes our lives easier. Bullshit. It makes our lives FASTER, and that's a big difference. In this video I explain youtu.be/gMzchnnWZCU?...

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Tech doesn't make our lives easier. It makes them FASTER

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I re-read Tolkien's Lord of the Rings to check whether the Peter Thiel-funded military AI-surveillance companies Palantir and Anduril were abusing the author's legacy. The answer. They definitely are www.asomo.co/p/the-scouri...

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The Scouring of Middle Earth

Why Tolkien would rename Palantir Technologies to Orthanc Inc.

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Bitcoin is one of the greatest acts of storytelling ever. An entire movement built around the number 50 www.asomo.co/p/cult-of-th...

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Cult of the Black Hole

The Five Pillars of Bitcoin Mysticism

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

“As the territory of Mind gets taken over by the AI giants, Deep Humanity becomes the new product for the refugees. You are pushed to find this new commodity within yourself, and to haul it out like felled logs drawn from your inner, hidden rainforest.” My latest essay www.asomo.co/p/humanity-a...

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Humanity-as-a-Service

Commoditizing the human touch in the age of AI

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The two modes of censorship, and how they relate to conservatism and the culture wars youtube.com/shorts/XuDzO...

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Censorship, Conservatism and the Culture Wars

YouTube video by Brett's Altered States of Monetary Consciousness

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"It often does seem that he sees the White House and Mar-a-Lago as cockpits of a planetary scale mecha fused with his own nervous system, a colossal exoskeleton that he controls through executive orders, which turn his small thoughts into giant globe-spanning punches" www.asomo.co/p/neon-genes...

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Neon Genesis USA

Is Trump a mecha pilot?

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I'd love to have an actual pager. Someone needs to bring those back Always happy to send money stuff to whoever is looking for them

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I wrote this for anyone who wants to understand the broad conceptual underpinnings of Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT, a paradigm of monetary thinking that conservatives (and, for that matter, that many left-wingers) love to hate Enjoy! www.asomo.co/p/modern-mon...

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Modern Monetary Theory: a 10-Part Model

Levelling up my MMT again

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Bob Marley once said, “some people are so poor, all they have is money” What did he mean by this? In a system that requires you to lose your soul in order to win, those who win do not lead lives that we should aspire to In my latest video, I dive deeper into this www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfeV...

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Should we pity the rich?

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Open Risk @openrisk.eu · 15/02/2026

In this 20 min video @brettscott.bsky.social explains clearly and in non-technical terms what is at stake as monetary systems go digital, the role of cash, private and state digital money and stablecoins. Convenience vs resilience, surveillance and power and a great casino chip analogy.

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I see a lot of people fixating on how inflation robs them of purchasing power. That’s reasonable, but never let it distract you from the far bigger robber of purchasing power, which is bosses who constantly try reduce your wages so that shareholders and billionaires can get a bigger slice of the pie

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Kudos to the bouncer turning Elon Musk away from the Berlin nightclub. Influence, relationships & power 👇

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

What do the Epstein files tell us about elite loneliness? In my latest essay I explore the fragility of the powerful www.asomo.co/p/the-green-...

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The Green Room

What the Epstein Files tell us about elite loneliness

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The Big Tech business model: steal the world’s data to build machines to replace the world’s jobs while flooding the internet with slop to make the world doubt reality, and then hope like hell you can escape to outer space before the world’s anger towards you catches fire

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Does Trump fit the historical archetype of the 'Stranger King'? In my new video I explore what anthropology can teach us about the new American colonialism and the MAGA movement youtu.be/UQGRWSq0TL0

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The Stranger King of Venezuela: the anthropology of Trump's new American colonialism

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

If there’s one thing that I'd like to thank Trump for, it’s in destroying that old 1980s idea that capitalism and state power are somehow separate and incompatible. RIP the old 'state vs market' debate

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

In this essay I introduce you to the anthropologist Marshall Sahlins’ work on kings, and how it can help us to understand not only the relationship of Venezuelans to Trump, but also the relationship between US Americans and Trump www.asomo.co/p/the-strang...

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The Stranger King of Venezuela

An anthropological lens on Trump's American Colonialism

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

After many years of resisting, I've decided to finally start an Instagram account. Please do connect with me on there www.instagram.com/brett.scott....

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Just in case anyone has become confused by the rhetoric, Trump isn't ‘cutting government’. He's *centralizing government* by cutting any section of it that distributes power away from his inner clique It’s not a dismantling of government. It’s a dismantling of the balance of powers within it

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Who profits from a world without cash? Hot tip - it isn’t you In this interview with the Dutch channel VPRO, I explain the dynamics of cashless society (aka - the bank dominated society), and how this relates to stablecoins, CBDC and Bitcoin www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNZp...

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Wie profiteert er van een wereld zonder contant geld? | Brett Scott

YouTube video by VPRO Tegenlicht

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A message to anyone campaigning for the four-day week Just call it the three-day weekend

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

People across the political spectrum can agree that payments censorship is a form of economic strangulation. Protecting cash, then, is something we can all work together on www.youtube.com/shorts/uXcIE...

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CASH and the fight against Digital Payments CENSORSHIP

YouTube video by Brett's Altered States of Monetary Consciousness

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Just uploaded! 2025 was the year of the Trump-AI-Crypto Nexus, but it's an unstable cocktail www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHnJ...

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2025 in review - The Trump-AI-Crypto Nexus

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Tech isn't a relaxant. It's an accelerant. For the full video, see www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTfO...

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Every day we're told that being enslaved to Big Tech is progress. In this video I show you how to break free from that ideology www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTfO...

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How to free your mind from BIG TECH propaganda

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Vanessa Spedding @vanessaspedding.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Thoughtful observations from @brettscott.bsky.social on the yawning gap between the hierarchy and the "under-archy" (and the fact we all rely on life's foundations at ground level, whether or not we trade millions in our skyscrapers) open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...

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Scraping the Sky

Life on the tip of the economic pyramid

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Mr. Eyeball @thegreatlarue.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

As someone who works in an elite professional services setting, I fully endorse @brettscott.bsky.social‘s essay on the reality distorting effects of life atop the pyramid of financialized capitalism, and can attest to how little thought is given by those who inhabit such spaces to what lies beneath.

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

My latest essay paints a picture of life on top of the economic pyramid - in the finance and tech sector - and shows how that position distorts not only pay, but also the mentality of those with their heads in the cloud www.asomo.co/p/scraping-t...

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Scraping the Sky

Life on the tip of the economic pyramid

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Given the world’s biggest industry right now is digital crack dealing, we should just start calling Big Tech by their true name - Big Dopamine

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Politicians spend a lot of time talking about how to promote economic growth, but they spend almost no time figuring out how to make that economic growth actually improve your life The true shortage in our world is not growth in stuff or technology. It’s growth in things that really matter

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Joe Lonsdale - co-founder of surveillance corporation Palantir, Trump donor and libertarian sea-steader - argues that limiting campaign donations is an attack on free speech, given that you spend to get heard. His message: the more money you have, the more free speech you get

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Just uploaded! What David Graeber can teach us about narco gangs, your boss and airport queues www.youtube.com/watch?v=T39n...

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What David Graeber can teach us about narco gangs

YouTube video by Brett's Altered States of Monetary Consciousness

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Brett Scott @brettscott.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Any academic discipline that treats power as if it doesn't exist, exists to protect the powerful Ahem…

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