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At only nineteen years old Vitalik Buterin published a visionary
paper outlining the ideas behind what would become Ethereum. He
proposed to take what Bitcoin did for currency - to end the central
control of governments and corporations - and apply it to society
as a whole. Now, less than a decade later, Ethereum is the
second-most-valuable cryptocurrency and has opened the gates for
the extraordinary new world of NFT artworks, virtual real estate in
the metaverse and decentralised autonomous organisations. The
essays in Proof of Stake reveal Buterin as a lively, creative
thinker, relentlessly curious and adventurous in exploring the
fascinating social, economic and political possibilities of his
invention, and will guide future generations of Ethereum's
community of radicals and builders.
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On Anarchism (Paperback)
Noam Chomsky; Foreword by Nathan Schneider
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On Anarchism is an essential introduction to Noam Chomsky's
political theory. On Anarchism sheds a much needed light on the
foundations of Chomsky's thought, specifically his constant
questioning of the legitimacy of entrenched power. The book gathers
his essays and interviews to provide a short, accessible
introduction to his distinctively optimistic brand of anarchism.
Refuting the notion of anarchism as a fixed idea, and disputing the
traditional fault lines between anarchism and socialism, this is a
book sure to challenge, provoke and inspire. Profoundly relevant to
our times, it is a touchstone for political activists and anyone
interested in deepening their understanding of anarchism, or of
Chomsky's thought. 'Arguably the most important intellectual alive'
New York Times
Your job is not your vocation. Everyone hungers for work that has
meaning and purpose. But what gives work meaning? Vocation, or
"calling," is the answer Protestant Christianity offers: each
person is called by God to serve the common good in a particular
line of work. Your vocation, evidently, might be almost anything:
as a nurse, a wilderness guide, a calligrapher, a missionary, an
activist, a venture capitalist, a politician, an executioner...
Yet, as Will Willimon writes in this issue, the New Testament knows
only one form of vocation: discipleship. And discipleship is far
more likely to mean leaving father and mother, houses and land,
than it is to mean embracing one's identity as a fisherman or tax
collector. This issue of Plough focuses on people who lived their
lives with that sense of vocation. Such a life demands
self-sacrifice and a willingness to recognize one's own supposed
strengths as weaknesses, as it did for the Canadian philosopher
Jean Vanier. It involves a lifelong commitment to a flesh-and-blood
church, as Coptic Archbishop Angaelos describes. It may even
require a readiness to give up one's life, as it did for Annalena
Tonelli, an Italian humanitarian who pioneered the treatment of
tuberculosis in the Horn of Africa. But as these stories also
testify, it brings a gladness deeper than any self-chosen path.
Also in this issue: - Scott Beauchamp on mercenaries - Nathan
Schneider on cryptocurrencies - Stephanie Saldana on Syrian refugee
art - Peter Biles on loneliness at college - Phil Christman on
Bible translation - Michael Brendan Dougherty on fatherhood -
Insights on vocation from C. S. Lewis, Therese of Lisieux, Mother
Teresa, Eberhard Arnold, Dorothy Sayers, Jean Vanier, and Gerard
Manley Hopkins - poetry by Devon Balwit and Carl Sandburg - reviews
of books by Robert Alter, Edwidge Danticat, Matthew D. Hockenos,
Amy Waldman, and Jeremy Courtney - art and photography by Pola
Rader, Dean Mitchell, Mark Freear, Timothy Jones, Pawel Filipczak,
Mary Pal, Harley Manifold, Sami Lalu Jahola, Marc Chagall, and
Russell Bain. Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture
for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings
you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to
help you put Jesus' message into practice and find common cause
with others.
"Thank You, Anarchy "is an up-close, inside account of Occupy Wall
StreetOCOs first year in New York City, written by one of the first
reporters to cover the phenomenon. Nathan Schneider chronicles the
origins and explosive development of the Occupy movement through
the eyes of the organizers who tried to give shape to an uprising
always just beyond their control. Capturing the voices, encounters,
and beliefs that powered the movement, Schneider brings to life the
General Assembly meetings, the chaotic marches, the split-second
decisions, and the moments of doubt as Occupy swelled from a
hashtag online into a global phenomenon.
A compelling study of the spirit that drove this watershed
movement, "Thank You, Anarchy "vividly documents how the Occupy
experience opened new social and political possibilities and
registered a chilling indictment of the status quo. It was the
movementOCOs most radical impulses, this account shows, that shook
millions out of a failed tedium and into imagining, and fighting
for, a better kind of future.
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A Wired Magazine Top Tech Book of 2017 Real democracy and the
Internet are not mutually exclusive. Here, for the first time in
one volume, are some of the most cogent thinkers and doers on the
subject of the cooptation of the Internet, and how we can resist
and reverse the process. The activists who have put together Ours
to Hack and to Own argue for a new kind of online economy: platform
cooperativism, which combines the rich heritage of cooperatives
with the promise of 21st-century technologies, free from monopoly,
exploitation, and surveillance. The on-demand economy is reversing
the rights and protections workers fought for centuries to win.
Ordinary Internet users, meanwhile, retain little control over
their personal data. While promising to be the great equalizers,
online platforms have often exacerbated social inequalities. Can
the Internet be owned and governed differently? What if Uber
drivers set up their own platform, or if a city’s residents
controlled their own version of Airbnb? This book shows that
another kind of Internet is possible—and that, in a new
generation of online platforms, it is already taking shape.
Capitalism is in crisis mode. It is no longer serving ordinary
people, while continuing to enrich the 1%. But as journalist Nathan
Schneider shows, there is a democratic alternative to the
robber-baron economy hiding in plain sight; we just need to know
where to look. Cooperatives -- jointly-owned and
democratically-controlled enterprises that advance the economic,
social, and cultural needs of the members -- have provided that
alternative for centuries. They often emerge during moments of
capitalist crisis not unlike our own, putting people in charge of
the credit unions, hardware stores, grocery stores, healthcare, and
homes they depend on. After the economic crisis that began in 2008,
the cooperative movement is coming back with renewed vigor. Based
on years of reporting, Schneider chronicles this economic and
social revolution -- from the taxi cooperatives in Colorado that
are keeping Uber and Lyft at bay; to the mayoral administration in
Jackson, Mississippi, that is giving citizens control over their
economy; to the French hacker who is building a cooperative version
of bitcoin; to the electricity coop members who are propelling an
outdated system into the future. As these pioneers show,
cooperative enterprise is poised to revolutionize our lives, put
people like us in charge of our economy, and engender creativity
and innovation that serves us all.
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