The Revolution Will Be Retweeted: The Breakdown Weekly Recap

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Breakdown Weekly Recap looks at the key themes that shaped the week. On this week’s episode, NLW discusses:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The modern significance of Tiananmen Square, and why this week’s U.S. protests show why the tools of surveillance need to be applied to states, not citizens.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of “narrative violations,” or fighting to see things without falling into popular but often wrong conventional wisdoms </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The need to resist attempts from both the left and the right to fit today’s unrest into convenient culture-war frameworks that perpetuate each group’s power.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on The Breakdown:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monday |</span> <strong><a href= "https://plnk.to/nlw/e/1000476489265">The Power and Peril of the 'Bitcoin Fixes This' Meme</a> </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A look at what role, if any, bitcoin has to play in remaking the world that is being protested around the U.S. (and world) this week.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tuesday |</span> <a href= "https://plnk.to/nlw/e/1000476597592"><strong>Bitcoin, Cellphones and the Citizen Tools of Anti-Authoritarianism, Feat. Alex Gladstein</strong></a></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A look at the anti-authoritarian technology stack, including where non-state money like bitcoin fits in.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wednesday |</span> <a href= "https://plnk.to/nlw/e/1000476743144"><strong>5 Numbers That Tell the Story of Markets Right Now</strong></a></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From the number of U.S. flights from Chinese carriers to S&P 500 growth in the t