The document discusses the systemic crisis of capitalism and its impact on society and education, emphasizing the university as a battleground for addressing historical and future challenges. It critiques societal norms like commodification, coercion, and the normalization of debt, questioning the implications for students and graduates. Ultimately, it calls for awareness and active engagement in seeking alternatives to the prevailing socio-economic conditions.

1. 2+2=5: The University and the Secular
Crisis
Professor Richard Hall
t: @hallymk1
e: rhall1@dmu.ac.uk
w: richard-hall.org

2. 1. Our labour and our society are folded inside a
systemic, historical crisis of capitalism. This
secular crisis demands a political return.
1. Historical, socialised value is being
accumulated through commodification and
coercion. There is no alternative.
1. The University is a central site of struggle
over our past, in our present, and for our
future. What is to be done?

6. Are you such a dreamer
To put the world to rights?
I'll stay home forever
Where two and two always makes a five
2+2=5 (The Lukewarm). 2003. Radiohead.

11. It's the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream and you can shout
It is too late now
Because you have not been paying attention
2+2=5 (The Lukewarm). 2003. Radiohead.

12. pay attention

13. there is no alternative

14. Debt is a way of life.
"Anyone put off... university by fear of...
debt doesn’t deserve to be at university in
the first place”
Michael Gove, quoted at Next Left: http://bit.ly/foMuBQ

16. See: http://zd.net/oE0oq3

19. “At the heart of it all is a new sociological
type: the graduate with no future”.
Mason, P. 2010. why it is kicking off everywhere

25. This presentation is unlicensed.
This presentation wants to be free.
This presentation contains no Fluoxetine, Amitriptyline or
Lorazepam. It is not to be taken once-a-day with water.
This presentation will not give you a future that works.
This presentation is against silence and silencing.
This presentation wants to believe that 2+2 might equal 4.
This presentation thinks that we should all watch:
http://bit.ly/137PaHD
This presentation wants to know, what do you want to be?