How Capitalism Commodifies Time

30/10/2020 44 min Temporada 1
How Capitalism Commodifies Time

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Episode Synopsis

On episode 2 of Overthink, Ellie  and David  discuss how millennials love talking about hating capitalism, the influence capitalism has had on our understanding of time, and the blurring line between who you are as a worker and who you are as an individual. Then they discuss how Covid-19 has challenged our conception of time and what this means for the future!Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here: Edward Thompson, “Time, Work-Discipline, and Industrial Capitalism”Karl Marx, CapitalJudy Wajcman, Pressed for TimeGuy Debord, Society of the Spectacle Venkatesh Rao, “Pandemic Time: Distributed Doomsday-Clock” Support the showSubstack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.comInstagram & Twitter | @overthink_podEmail | [email protected] | Overthink podcast

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