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b'We\\u2019re joined by Olivier Jutel to talk about a fantastic paper he wrote on blockchain imperialism in the Pacific. We discuss how blockchain projects and crypto entrepreneurs are partnering with the US State Department and contributing to the geopolitical agenda of American hegemony. This is all part of the Pacific Ideology \\u2013 a long history of treating the Pacific islands as a colonial frontier for financial extraction and testbed for experimental innovation. It\\u2019s techno-solutionism in the service of imperial soft power. \\n\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Read Olivier\\u2019s paper \\u2013 Blockchain imperialism in the Pacific https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053951720985249 \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 And his other paper \\u2013 Blockchain humanitarianism and crypto-colonialism https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(21)00305-6 \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Follow Oliver: https://twitter.com/OJutel \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nGrab fresh new TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)'