A 2015 YouGov survey revealed that 37% of working British adults think their jobs do not make a meaningful contribution to the world. Similarly, 40% of workers in the Netherlands reported that their jobs had no good reason to exist. Why are so many 21st century workers trapped in useless, meaningles

On this week’s show Aaron Bastani is joined by David Graeber author of ‘Debt: the First 5,000 Years’ as they discuss debt embedding it within the context of the Great Recession.

Video footage of a speaking engagement in Los Angeles by Timothy Leary. Introduction by Zach Leary. Leary discusses Cybernetics, LA lifestyles, Abbie Hoffman, War on Drugs, and predictions for the year 2000.

This is video footage of Timothy Leary giving a lecture on software and emerging technology in the 1980's.

This is some video footage of Timothy Leary debating DEA Chief Benzinger at California State University in the 1990's.