In which the Fully Automated Luxury Luddites discuss the robustness of previous generations; food as fuel; convenience in food being toxic; making cider and wine; the rhythms of life; speech writing and the meaning of the word democracy; a speech writer ; the lack of levers of power for the people; why the world leaders say the same thing (as an aside, James Corbett's latest podcast has a connected topic, Ed); the imposition of the state and media on a time of mourning - whatever that means; the 24 hour, non-stop coverage by the media of the queen's funeral; pageantry and fascism/communism; propaganda and how sticky it is; money as a proxy for time and the human obsession with time; the industrial disease; the perpetual motion machine of growth; democracy, mob rule and whether democracy is truly desirable; EU energy crisis; perpetual net zero machine; first principles versus the direction of publications; is the market in speciality trades buoyant.

Quick note: we had some technical problems so you get to hear some Waltz by Schumann as put through some synthesiser action. Oh and some Davidsbundler No.2, also by Schumann. Apparently Schumann invented an imaginary league of 'Davidites', like minded musicians whose purpose was to oppose and attack artistic philistines. I feel like this requires some investigation...