Brett Scott
@brettscott.bsky.social
I experiment with altered states of monetary consciousness https://www.asomo.co
Any academic discipline that treats power as if it doesn't exist, exists to protect the powerful
Ahem…
Ahem…
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Any academic discipline that treats power as if it doesn't exist, exists to protect the powerful
Ahem…
Ahem…
Silicon Valley is like a incubator for adult kids who want to build paternalistic technology that will follow us around like an overbearing parent who disguises their control as helpfulness and concern
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Silicon Valley is like a incubator for adult kids who want to build paternalistic technology that will follow us around like an overbearing parent who disguises their control as helpfulness and concern
How the ancient parable of the stone soup helps us think about billionaires youtube.com/shorts/KWlH0...
Billionaire stone soup #economy #bigtech #billionaire
YouTube video by Brett's Altered States of Monetary Consciousness
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November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How the ancient parable of the stone soup helps us think about billionaires youtube.com/shorts/KWlH0...
Never think of money in absolute terms. It's a *relative* concept
For example, if everyone had a billion dollars, it would be the equivalent of everyone having 0 dollars. It’s the relative differences in money holdings that give a billionaire power in society, rather than absolute amount held
For example, if everyone had a billion dollars, it would be the equivalent of everyone having 0 dollars. It’s the relative differences in money holdings that give a billionaire power in society, rather than absolute amount held
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Never think of money in absolute terms. It's a *relative* concept
For example, if everyone had a billion dollars, it would be the equivalent of everyone having 0 dollars. It’s the relative differences in money holdings that give a billionaire power in society, rather than absolute amount held
For example, if everyone had a billion dollars, it would be the equivalent of everyone having 0 dollars. It’s the relative differences in money holdings that give a billionaire power in society, rather than absolute amount held
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A Lego Model of Financial Capitalism
Unboxing the dark arts of finance
www.asomo.co
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Just uploaded! A message for anyone building AI in 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aYQ...
A message for anyone building AI in 2025
YouTube video by Brett's Altered States of Monetary Consciousness
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just uploaded! A message for anyone building AI in 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aYQ...
They say billionaires create jobs. I say jobs create billionaires
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
They say billionaires create jobs. I say jobs create billionaires
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*MUST READ* #AI
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
*MUST READ* #AI
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'It’s not impossible for forms of good to come out of new technology, but your mantra should be: I assume this thing will turn out bad, but I’ll be pleasantly surprised if it doesn’t.'
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
'It’s not impossible for forms of good to come out of new technology, but your mantra should be: I assume this thing will turn out bad, but I’ll be pleasantly surprised if it doesn’t.'
An open letter to all those building AI in 2025
Face the nightmare before you buy into the dream
www.asomo.co
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Screw cashless. Pay bankless www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1q5...
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Screw cashless. Pay bankless www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1q5...
Billionaire transhumanists who seek immortality want to defeat death, but this also means they want to defeat birth & rebirth
That attempt to break cycles of renewal and decay isn’t a celebration of life. It’s an attempt to make life more like death, stable & endless rather than fleeting & precious
That attempt to break cycles of renewal and decay isn’t a celebration of life. It’s an attempt to make life more like death, stable & endless rather than fleeting & precious
October 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Billionaire transhumanists who seek immortality want to defeat death, but this also means they want to defeat birth & rebirth
That attempt to break cycles of renewal and decay isn’t a celebration of life. It’s an attempt to make life more like death, stable & endless rather than fleeting & precious
That attempt to break cycles of renewal and decay isn’t a celebration of life. It’s an attempt to make life more like death, stable & endless rather than fleeting & precious
My latest YouTube video: Corporate capitalism explained in 10 minutes... using Lego
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu8S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu8S...
Corporate capitalism explained with Lego
YouTube video by Brett's Altered States of Monetary Consciousness
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My latest YouTube video: Corporate capitalism explained in 10 minutes... using Lego
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu8S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu8S...
"To countless low-wage employees across the world, low-cost products will seem attractive - even ‘liberatory’ - but, when you zoom out, they are the ones cheaply producing the cheap things that are being sold back to them."
www.asomo.co/p/bufferland
www.asomo.co/p/bufferland
Bufferland
How corporations violate us and make their employees suffer for it
www.asomo.co
October 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"To countless low-wage employees across the world, low-cost products will seem attractive - even ‘liberatory’ - but, when you zoom out, they are the ones cheaply producing the cheap things that are being sold back to them."
www.asomo.co/p/bufferland
www.asomo.co/p/bufferland
My latest piece is inspired by London Gatwick airport
It’s called Bufferland: How corporations violate us and make their employees suffer for it
www.asomo.co/p/bufferland
It’s called Bufferland: How corporations violate us and make their employees suffer for it
www.asomo.co/p/bufferland
Bufferland
How corporations violate us and make their employees suffer for it
www.asomo.co
October 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My latest piece is inspired by London Gatwick airport
It’s called Bufferland: How corporations violate us and make their employees suffer for it
www.asomo.co/p/bufferland
It’s called Bufferland: How corporations violate us and make their employees suffer for it
www.asomo.co/p/bufferland
In a cashless society you’re permanently fused to Big Finance and Big Tech with no way to escape. In this video I give 10 reasons for why that's a bad way to arrange our economy and society, and why we need to promote cash to keep a balance of power www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1q5...
10 Reasons to Fight Cashless Society
YouTube video by Brett's Altered States of Monetary Consciousness
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In a cashless society you’re permanently fused to Big Finance and Big Tech with no way to escape. In this video I give 10 reasons for why that's a bad way to arrange our economy and society, and why we need to promote cash to keep a balance of power www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1q5...
Sometimes I like to visualize things to make them seem less alien, because when things seem less alien, your ability to act increases
Rather than the financial sector appearing as an obscure and complex realm of shadows, it becomes a space you can mess with www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
Rather than the financial sector appearing as an obscure and complex realm of shadows, it becomes a space you can mess with www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
October 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Sometimes I like to visualize things to make them seem less alien, because when things seem less alien, your ability to act increases
Rather than the financial sector appearing as an obscure and complex realm of shadows, it becomes a space you can mess with www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
Rather than the financial sector appearing as an obscure and complex realm of shadows, it becomes a space you can mess with www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
When someone attacks a marginalized person, it’s very seldom justified by saying 'I don't like them'. Rather, it’s justified by saying ‘they are dangerous’
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October 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
When someone attacks a marginalized person, it’s very seldom justified by saying 'I don't like them'. Rather, it’s justified by saying ‘they are dangerous’
(1/5)
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I visualized the ten layers of finance, from sunlight and soil to sliced synthetic CDOs
www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I visualized the ten layers of finance, from sunlight and soil to sliced synthetic CDOs
www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
www.asomo.co/p/the-ten-la...
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One of the best short video descriptions of how state money creation works. Just love the analogies and clear descriptions used. Well worth a listen.
Why do both conservatives and traditional left-wingers get so triggered by MMT, or Modern Monetary Theory?
In my latest video, I lay it out for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmL...
In my latest video, I lay it out for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmL...
Modern Monetary Theory - A Primer
YouTube video by Brett's Altered States of Monetary Consciousness
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
One of the best short video descriptions of how state money creation works. Just love the analogies and clear descriptions used. Well worth a listen.
Why do both conservatives and traditional left-wingers get so triggered by MMT, or Modern Monetary Theory?
In my latest video, I lay it out for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmL...
In my latest video, I lay it out for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmL...
Modern Monetary Theory - A Primer
YouTube video by Brett's Altered States of Monetary Consciousness
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Why do both conservatives and traditional left-wingers get so triggered by MMT, or Modern Monetary Theory?
In my latest video, I lay it out for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmL...
In my latest video, I lay it out for you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSmL...
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'fascisty or thuggish vibes emerge when capitalism is feeling insecure and anxious. That’s when the systemic forces within it will - through…degrees of interconnection - come to favour leaders who batten down the hatches and get people to lean into the more authoritarian parts of their personality.'
My latest piece just dropped!
Making Capitalism Bad Again: How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more
www.asomo.co/p/making-cap...
Making Capitalism Bad Again: How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more
www.asomo.co/p/making-cap...
Making Capitalism Bad Again
How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more
www.asomo.co
September 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
'fascisty or thuggish vibes emerge when capitalism is feeling insecure and anxious. That’s when the systemic forces within it will - through…degrees of interconnection - come to favour leaders who batten down the hatches and get people to lean into the more authoritarian parts of their personality.'
THE CULTURE WARS: A SUMMARY
One side cares about those who got cancelled between 2017-2024
The other side cares about those who never got booked for the few hundred years before that
One side cares about those who got cancelled between 2017-2024
The other side cares about those who never got booked for the few hundred years before that
September 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
THE CULTURE WARS: A SUMMARY
One side cares about those who got cancelled between 2017-2024
The other side cares about those who never got booked for the few hundred years before that
One side cares about those who got cancelled between 2017-2024
The other side cares about those who never got booked for the few hundred years before that
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A superb explanation by @brettscott.bsky.social of certain alarming trends currently spreading across the western world especially ...
Making Capitalism Bad Again open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...
Making Capitalism Bad Again open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...
Making Capitalism Bad Again
How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more
open.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A superb explanation by @brettscott.bsky.social of certain alarming trends currently spreading across the western world especially ...
Making Capitalism Bad Again open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...
Making Capitalism Bad Again open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...
My latest piece just dropped!
Making Capitalism Bad Again: How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more
www.asomo.co/p/making-cap...
Making Capitalism Bad Again: How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more
www.asomo.co/p/making-cap...
Making Capitalism Bad Again
How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more
www.asomo.co
September 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My latest piece just dropped!
Making Capitalism Bad Again: How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more
www.asomo.co/p/making-cap...
Making Capitalism Bad Again: How ditching the cognitive dissonance of liberalism makes some men feel secure once more
www.asomo.co/p/making-cap...