tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post393270482380462014..comments2024-03-26T19:46:33.565-07:00Comments on Random Walks: Capital As PowerJohn Kurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-86780778850643105092021-11-28T17:54:09.471-08:002021-11-28T17:54:09.471-08:00The Axial Age: "the German philosopher Karl J...The Axial Age: "the German philosopher Karl Jaspers noted that all the major schools not speculative philosophy we know today seemed to have emerged - apparently independently - in Greece, India and China at roughly the same time, between the eighth and third century BCE; what's more, they emerged in precisely those cities which had recently seen the invention and widespread adoption of coined money... Now, the core period of Jasper's Axial Age - encompassing the lifetimes of Pythagoras, the Buddha and Confucius - corresponds not only to the invention of metal coinage and new forms of speculative thought, but also the spread of chattel slavery across Eurasia, even in places where it had barely existed before" - Debt, the First 5,000 Years by David GraeberJohn Kurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.com