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Physicist Adam Becker's rant on food and credit scores spreads online
Original: 'we live on a planet where food literally grows on trees. how did we fuck up so bad that i need a credit score?' - adam
Adam Becker, on his podcast 'Dreaming Against the Machine', asked how society ended up requiring credit scores on a planet where food grows on trees, paraphrasing a line originally posted by an unnamed social media author. The quip is resonating widely as a pointed critique of modern economic systems, touching on themes of sustainability, dependence on financial institutions, and frustration with the complexity of basic survival under capitalism.
Why now: The blunt framing of an everyday frustration with economic systems is striking a chord with people worried about sustainability and financial dependence.
Adam BeckerDreaming Against the Machine
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