The Commodification of Everything

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The Commodification of Everything

Discourse ZA

Oct 14, 2021

The Commodification of Everything

In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn speaks to writer, mother, and modern heretic, Mary Harrington. They talk about the cultural shift in the way people understand sexual relationships and the transactional nature of modern life. The conversation evolves into a discussion about the commodification of our bodies more generally (e.g. national healthcare), why capitalism is not an antidote to authoritarianism, the class politics of scarcity, and the myth of progress.

Article: https://www.plough.com/en/topics/life/relationships/love-in-the-marketplace

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bronwynwilliams

Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

Website: https://whatthefuturenow.com/

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Mary Harrington is a writer based in the UK and contributing editor at UnHerd, where she writes a weekly column. She is interested in (among other things) the political and cultural side-effects of globalisation, the replacement of class politics by identity politics, the joy of limits, and women’s rights in the biotech age, which is the subject of my forthcoming book Feminism Against Progress.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/moveincircles

Reactionary Feminist: https://reactionaryfeminist.com/

UnHerd: https://unherd.com/author/mary-harrington/

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