Ep. 711: Century of the Safe (Un-iversity Book Club – "Why We Drive")

What appears to be a book celebrating driving as liberation is just as much a condemnation of the "safety-ism" that has so far defined the 21st century, and certainly this new decade.

Some snapshots:
“Left to its own internal logic, the regime of public safety must find ways to justify its own growing payroll, and its colonization of ever more domains of life. This can always be accomplished through further infantilization of its clients; under the banner of good democratic values.”

"Self-driving cars must be understood as one more escalation in the war to claim and monetize every moment of life that might otherwise offer a bit of private head space.”

Music:
"Drive Slow" Kanye West
"Open Road" Slightly Stoopid
"Traffic Tickets" The Gadjits

We are now on Locals.com! When you join our Locals community, you’ll get immediate access to playlists of all our serial bonus content including The Discomfort Zone, In Pursuit of Utopia, and Picture of the Month Club + all future shows. schoolsucksproject.locals.com/

You are granted access to our Un-iversity private community (and all of its clubs!) when you purchase the downloadable version of The Ideas Into Action Summit.

Visit sspuniversity.com/ideasintoaction to learn more about the presenters, topics, bonus materials and encore presentation. Use the coupon code myspace.

Please Support School Sucks
We do cool things! Thanks to your support.

School Sucks is one of the longest running liberty-minded podcasts on the web, and the only one completely devoted to the issue of education (versus public school and college). Your support keeps the show going and growing, which keeps us at the top of the options for education podcasts and leads to new people discovering our work. Please help us continue to spread this important message further!

Before you do anything, please bookmark and use this link for your Amazon shopping: Shop With Us
One-Time Donation Options:
Paypal/Venmo;
Donate DASH
Donate ETHEREUM
Donate LITECOIN
Donate BITCOIN
Donate BITCOIN CASH
Donate ZCASH
Recurring Options:
NEW! SubscribeStar
Access our personal development bonus show, The Discomfort Zone, and lots of other irreverent and acerbic commentary you’ve never heard before.
Support Us On PATREON
Help incentivize our production! Pledge $1 per content item and access dozens of Patron only audios and videos.
Join the A/V Club
If you’re looking for more School Sucks content, the A/V Club option grants you access to a bonus content section with 400+ hours of exclusive audio and video. If you are a regular consumer of our media, please consider making a monthly commitment by selecting the best option for you…

A/V Club – Basic Access – $8.00/Month
A/V Club – "Advanced" Access – $12.00/Month
Sigma Sigma Pi – "Privileged" Access – $16.00/Month

 
Crypto Addresses:
DASH; XcZfPP6GZGVo9VKViNBVJZja5JVxZDB229
ETHEREUM; 0x3c5504CE3401C028832173506fa30BD4db4b7D35
LITECOIN; LKNp24f5wwvZ2QzeDbvxXgBxyVwi1yXnu2
BITCOIN; 1KhwY836cfSGCK5aaGFv8Q7PHMgghFJn1U
BITCOIN CASH 1AmqLVxjw3Lp9KT5ckfvsqfN2Hn3B1hCWS
ZCASH; t1by1ZGJ63LoLSjXy27ooJtipf4wMr7qbu4