124! Power, Pain, and Progress

How do we learn to relinquish our power?

This week, Aaron, Joey and Jess talk about racial inequity in corporations, Basecamp and Coinbase, the necessity of pain for progress, the wisdom of Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears, power accumulation and perceptions of scarcity, and yachts. They don’t talk about Petunia's power over The Man.

references

• Polaris and the Pete and Pete theme song today's youth really needs
• A little bit of Lou Bega mambo and some Suzanne Vega doo-doo-doo-doo (but not so much Luka)
• SYLVAIN's Progress Report newsletter
• Critical Nonsense is on YouTube!
• bonfire.com/store/criticalnonsense: The elusive Critical Nonsense merch store URL
• The Verge on Basecamp's political discussion controversy
• Wired on Coinbase's political discussion controversy
• Corrections Department: the Freakonomics (not This American Life) podcast on "That’s a great question!"
• Who doesn't love "cats"?