Who benefits from the rage economy? An Ethics Institute colloquy with Dr. Richard Robbins and Dr. Jonathan Slater

[Cindy McMurray]

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, noon - 1 p.m.

By Zoom: https://bit.ly/3vr4JPl

Writing for The Intercept, Murtaza Hussain observes: “Unfortunately for
society as a whole, one of the best ways to monetize engagement on the
internet is by generating rage.” Dr. Richard H. Robbins, past Institute
Fellow, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair of the Anthropology
Department, argues that we cannot understand that rage without considering
the economy and the creeping depression that has afflicted the bottom 90
percent of the American population over the past 40 years. As the events of
just this last year have sadly proven, many of the practices and ideologies
that have emerged within this environment are morally wrong and even
deadly.  Rich joins Institute director Dr. Jonathan Slater in a dialogue
that attempts to answer the question: Who stands to gain from such violence?

For further information about colloquies at the Ethics Institute, contact
Dr. Jonathan Slater, director, at slaterjr at plattsburgh.edu. The Institute
for Ethics in Public Life is generously supported by gifts to the
Plattsburgh College Foundation. Colloquies at the Ethics Institute are open
to all members of the SUNY Plattsburgh community.
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