What happened to the good life? Do we YOLO because we can't afford a downpayment ? 🛟 My piece on the cruelty of crypto published in aeon today aeon.co/essays/the-cru…

On Wed, 21 Feb 2024, at 4pm-6:30pm CET, NeMe is happy to invite you to an open webinar on media (arts), and politics. The webinar will consist of talks by gregory sholette, Rachel O'Dwyer, and @bitnk. The workshop is part of #EMAP, funded by Creative Europe neme.org/projects/emap/…

Neural [#bookreview] Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform - Rachel O'Dwyer - Verso Books - neural.it/2024/03/rachel… #tokens #nfts #DigitalCurrency

Rachel O'Dwyer wrote this beautiful, difficult piece about our experience of caring for our son, Ted. We are lucky in so many ways - but care shouldn't depend on luck. Care can't be a matter for families alone.

I made a list of book recommendations for books that I think will help people understand the radical potential for blockchain and cryptocurrency! Includes books from polar Rachel O'Dwyer @mckenziewark Mark Alizart 🤖🐶⚡️ Jeremy Gilbert Shepherd.com 📚 shepherd.com/best-books/und…

Important to have someone from outside Ireland call this out. Irish Govnt been savvy at appearing to take the higher moral ground on Israel/Palestine, whilst doing nothing material. Shannon airport remains open to US military, Ireland remains major trade partner with Israel.

Excited to be kicking off our two-day symposium on finance and public policy SSPS/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! We will be exploring the mechanisms and relationships that maintain the hold of finance on contemporary policymaking. financeandsocietynetwork.org/gordian-knot-s…

Elon Musk built his kingdom on vibes — but now, it is starting to unravel. Read Rachel O'Dwyer on the downfall of Tesla: 👇 buff.ly/3W2PQm2

realclearbooks.com Wednesday reads: Osita Nwanevu for The New Republic, Constance Grady for Vox, Carole V. Bell for NPR, Rachel O'Dwyer for UnHerd, Kate Dwyer for The New York Times, Ted Gioia for his S*bstack, and many others.

"Electronic platforms can also be thought of as a distinctive type of 'terrain' that, like land, can define specific types of revenue and power for those who control them." —Paulo L. dos Santos reviews Rachel O’Dwyer’sTokens Verso Books New School for Social Research publicseminar.org/2024/05/platfo…

Lovely piece by Rachel O'Dwyer in IT today on First Communion money. Great writing, insightful, unusual. Big change from the usual rote-and-reflex pieces at Communion season. 'Money is a claim on the future.' Indeed.

Dinner on every irish table this evening 🌞

So proud of my husband patrick bresnihan and co-author Naomi Millner for their fabulous book All We Want is the Earth, which won the Geography Society of Ireland Award yesterday. ☘️☘️☘️ (it's his 2nd time winning it. just saying)

“Harambe was the Sapien Network’s commentary on wealth disparity - the gulf between everyday people represented by the ape and a wealthy elite represented by the bull that widened with the 2008 crash and again with the pandemic.” weirdeconomies.com/contributions/…

NEW-Sunniva Sandbukt's review of Rachel O'Dwyer 's Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thanks to Sunniva Sandbukt and Journal of Cultural Economy for taking the time to do such a thoughtful review of Tokens. Verso Books

In the latest segment of the #SciencePodcast🎙️ book series on a future to look forward to, Rachel O'Dwyer explains how tokens are changing today’s economic landscape and why we might want to think twice before embracing a completely cashless society. 🎧: scim.ag/7xC

From bitcoin to food stamps – what role do tokens play in today's world? 🪙 In the fourth review of our series, Vicky Beckett tackles 2023-longlisted 'Tokens' by Rachel O'Dwyer. Read Vicky's full review and find out more about the award: okt.to/Mp2iTY Financial Times Live #BBYA24

Entertainment on RTÉ Thanks for sharing but unfortunately the Lisdoonvarna Crew couldn't travel to Belgium with us due to the restrictions of living in direct provision.

I’m reading this from Verso Books in the foyer of a VR zombie experience I brought a bunch of 8 year olds to (arguably just the kind of unmediated too-late capitalist hellscape Anna Kornbluh describes so well here) it’s excellent.