Macrodynamics of the Law of Value (CU-2025 talk) β πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Want to understand the causality of the law of value? Then this is for you.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Want to understand the causality of the law of value? Then this is for you.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Macrodynamics of the generalized labor theory of value.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
The βhard problemβ of consciousness is the hard problem of justifying social inequality in disguise.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Towards an analytic definition of gods (and why Yog-Sothoth is a true god).| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A talk and discussion on themes raised by the book βBlockchain Radicalsβ by Joshu DΓ‘vila.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A short talk on Marxβs transformation problem, and its solution, given at HM 2024.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Marx proposed to reduce βcomplexβ labor to βsimpleβ labor. Does this make sense?| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A summary of Marx's theory of value presented in Part 1 of Capital.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A group of us discussed the recent advances in AI and how Marxists should approach this technology.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A Victorian ghost story about the spectral objectivity of economic value.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Change is logically possible because reality opposes itself.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Change is logically possible because reality opposes itself.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A Victorian ghost story about the spectral objectivity of economic value.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
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An interview on Marx's Real God.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A talk on the history and significance of spirit possession, and why the modern commercial subject is also possessed.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Is the identity of thought and being true or false?| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the misanthropic method, Micro Machines on the SEGA Megadrive, and not writing a short story.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On not meeting the novelist, David Lodge.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A conversation with the Blockchain Socialist on capital as a βreal Godβ and the importance of crypto for Left internationalism.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
What is a blockchain? Why is it relevant to socialism?| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the spooky relationship between Victorian spirit summoning and the "phantom-like objectivity" of value.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Newton at the dawn of the Dark Enchantment.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A talk that discusses the two sides of Newton: the enchanted medieval Christian and the disenchanted early modern scientist.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
The Metaphysical Podcast interviewed me about Marx's Real God.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Read my review in the Weekly Worker.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Short talk that summarises the main propositions of this book.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Short talk that summarises the main propositions of this book.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
The ONTOCAST podcast interviewed me about the general law of value.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
The third reading from the secret book on capitalism.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
The second reading from the secret book on capitalism.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Marx on Capital as a Real God Dark Eucharist of the Real God| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A god abides with us still. And if we wish to see its face we need merely reach into our own pockets.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A god abides with us still. And if we wish to see its face we need merely reach into our own pockets.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Why human labour, and human labour alone, is the cause of profit.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Answer: no. But in this talk I explain precisely why not.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
The first reading from the secret book on capitalism. (Link to the second reading).| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Read this article if you want to understand the transformation problem, without needing to wade through mathematics or numerical examples.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Audio of a talk on the origins of Marx's transformation problem.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On not being abducted by aliens.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On not reading Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On not reading the first issue of CCRU's ****collapse magazine.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On not meeting Sadie Plant.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On not attending Virtual Futures in 1994.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
This is a short story about a short story that nobody wrote.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On an element of irrationality in Marx's thought.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On an element of irrationality in Marx's thought.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
The ONTOCAST podcast interviewed me about the general law of value.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Machines do work. But they don't create value.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
How the social relations of capitalism explain macroeconomic phenomena.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Capital is an entity that controls us.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the entity that represents abstract labour.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the entity that represents abstract labour.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Perfect order from perfect chaos.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the gnostic content of Marxism.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the gnostic content of Marxism.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the missing theory of objective semantics in accounts of money.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the missing theory of objective semantics in accounts of money.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
TL;DR: no| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Riemann's Zeta function is an infinite sublation of Hegelian integers.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Riemann's Zeta function is an infinite sublation of Hegelian integers.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
What is Hegel's logic? How does it relate to the fundamental structure of reality?| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A mathematical interpretation of the opening of Hegel's Science of Logic.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Are Cantor's higher infinities really real?| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Venture Communism is a type of revolutionary organisation that aims to exit capitalism by immediately constructing communal production relations.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Equilibrium prices, even in a capitalist economy with positive profits, represent the labour time actually supplied by workers.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Why no startup can truly make the world a better place.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Why no startup can truly make the world a better place.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Some thoughts on advancements in Artificial Intelligence.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
How the social relations of capitalism explain macroeconomic phenomena.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Getting serious about economic inequality requires thinking about the fundamentals: which is the wage system, where one class systematically exploits another. We need much less talk about inequality, and much more talk about exploitation.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On what is wrong with the classical labour theory of value, including Marx's version of it, and how to fix it.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On Luigi Pasinetti's contributions to the theory of value.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Marxβs invisible hand is the law of value: it explains how a market economy coordinates the division of labour, and therefore why the prices of commodities bear a lawful relationship to the labour time required to produce them.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Value as a field property of the social conditions of production.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Profit is not inherently exploitative.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Sraffa's standard commodity and the general law of value.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A nonlinear dynamic system model of the general law of value.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Supply and demand without intersecting curves.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On adjusting prices in historical time.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A simple monetary economy.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the key concept of coexisting labour.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On deploying society's resources to meet final demand.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On material reproduction over time.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the key concept of vertical integration.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the ultimate material constraint.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Are Cantor's higher infinities really real?| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
All types of economy face the problem of coordinating activities to meet final demand.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Surplus: the material foundation for human culture| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A production process is where labour transforms inputs into outputs.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Simple beginnings: how to make an output from inputs.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A book I co-authored.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
On the importance of the blockchain for socialist organisation.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
Towards scalable institutions that immediately exit capitalist property relations| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
A talk on Venture Communism.| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
There is a specific aspect of Marxβs theory of capitalism that isnβt sufficiently emphasised. And that is Marxβs view that capital is an actual entity β a being with a mind of its own that opβ¦| πππ₯π π ππ₯π«ππ¦π
