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Philip Dick: A Scanner Darkly (Paperback, 2011, Mariner Books)

Bob Arctor is a junkie and a drug dealer, both using and selling the mind-altering …

To himself, Bob Arctor thought, How many Bob Arctors are there? A weird and fucked up thought. Two that I can think of, he thought. The one called Fred, who will be watching the other one, called Bob. The same person. Or is it? Is Fred actually the same as Bob? Does anybody know? I would know, if anyone did, because I'm the only person in the world that knows that Fred is Bob Arctor. But, he thought, who am I? Which of them is me?

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Kohei Saito, Brian Bergstrom: Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto (Astra House)

Degrowth Marxist or Degrowth Marxist?

Instead of applying the Marxist method to develop a robust theory on ecological political economy, Saitō makes dubious reinterpretations of Marx to assure the reader that Marx agrees with his degrowth position. The opposing views that Saitō argues against are mostly paper tigers. For a manifesto, it is overly wordy. For a serious piece on degrowth, it is embarrassingly lacking in scientific rigor. In terms of editing, Bergstrom appears to have made a baffling mistake when localizing temperature increases to Fahrenheit, erroneously adding 32 to the values, resulting in false, apocalyptic projections. Instead of wasting your time on this, read papers by Jason Hickel.

Kohei Saito, Brian Bergstrom: Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto (Astra House)

Popular non-fiction slop meant for uneducated leftists who want to be told what to think rather than think for themselves. Instead of applying the Marxist method to develop a robust theory on ecological political economy, Saitō makes dubious reinterpretations of Marx to assure the reader that Marx agrees with his degrowth position. The opposing views that Saitō argues against are mostly paper tigers. For a manifesto, it is overly wordy. For a serious piece on degrowth, it is embarrassingly lacking in scientific rigor. In terms of editing, Bergstrom appears to have made a baffling mistake when localizing temperature increases to Fahrenheit, erroneously adding 32 the values and providing truly apocalyptic projections. Instead of wasting your time on this, read papers by Jason Hickel.