After watching the movie, I knew I needed to also read (or listen to) the book. I took a big break in the middle of the listening, and I still don’t know if I followed every single detail, but I appreciate the argument and spent a lot of time thinking about Ellulian technique.

My experience of the 2008 financial crisis was an interesting one. I was living abroad as a Mormon missionary, with all my bills paid for by the church (and, indirectly, my parents, who footed the costs that all Mormon missionaries pay). I lived in a bubble of religious purpose wrapped in a bubble of privilege, and it rarely occurred to me that there was real economic crisis happening around me (and all this despite reporting to someone recently retired as a high-ranking executive at Fannie Mae).