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and Hello and welcome to another episode of Interregnum, a new fortnightly show with author Richard Seymour.

Today I spoke with Richard about his new book, The Disenchanted Earth,

Reflections on Eco-Socialism and Barbarism. We talked about why the Marxist left for a very long time,

gave relatively little attention to the ecological crisis, and about Richard's own turn

towards environmental writing. We also talked about the process of the Earth's Disenchantment referenced in the

title of the book in the 16th and 17th centuries, and how it made possible capital's hyper-exploitation

of the natural environment. Today's show is brought to you by PTO supporters on Patreon,

and also by Verso Books, who have lots of great titles that may

be of interest to PTO listeners.

One that you might like to check out is Automation and the Future of Work by Aaron Bananav.

Silicon Valley Titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing

that we are living on the cusp of an era

of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as we know it. But does the much-discussed

rise with the robots really explain the jobs crisis that awaits us on the other side of the coronavirus?

In automation and the future of work, Arun Bananav

uncovers the structural economic trends that will shape our working lives far into the future.

Described by Mike Davis as a powerful and persuasive explanation of why capitalism

can't create jobs or generate incomes for a majority of humanity,

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