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Show Notes
You heard that right, everyone. Who knows, maybe weâll be back someday, though!
(Long-time listeners: stick around for the last bit of this episode. Trust us.)
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Reviewing what we learned in 2020âand ranking what we read!
So many books!Also: MARIMBAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Show NotesThe books we covered this season:
Phaedrus, Plato: 8.02, 8.03The Postmodern Condition, Lyotard: 8.04, 8.05The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil: 8.06, 8.07Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton: 8.08, 8.09The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Elizabeth Eisenstein: 8.10, 8.11Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone Browne: 8.12, 8.13The Real World of Technology, Ursula Franklin: 8.14, 8.15Evolution as a Religion, Mary Midgley: 8.16, 8.17Contact, Carl Sagan: 8.18, 8.19Twitter and Tear Gas, Zeynep TĂŒfekçi: 8.20, 8.21Mr. Penumbraâs 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan: 8.22Stephenâs listTwitter and Tear GasMr. Penumbraâs 24-Hour BookstoreThe Printing Press as an Agent of ChangeThe Postmodern ConditionContactJurassic ParkDark Matters: On the Surveillance of BlacknessThe Real World of TechnologyPhaedrusThe Age of Spiritual MachinesEvolution as a ReligionChrisâs listTwitter and Tear GasMr. Penumbraâs 24-Hour BookstoreThe Printing Press as an Agent of ChangeDark Matters: On the Surveillance of BlacknessJurassic ParkPhaedrusContactThe Real World of TechnologyThe Postmodern ConditionThe Age of Spiritual MachinesEvolution as a ReligionCreditsMusicâFoxgloveâ, by Ryan DugrĂ©. Used by permission, please donât use without permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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Neal Stephenson at double speed and with a smile on his face.Mr. Penumbraâs 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin SloanShow NotesRobin SloanSourdoughRubyGeorge SaundersCory DoctorowCreditsMusicâGetaway Carâ, by Ezekiel Songs originally written by Make Sure. Used by permission, please donât use without permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.Sponsors
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The things we learned from Zeynep TĂŒfekçiâs examination of social media and sociopolitical change. (We liked this book a lot.)
Twitter and Tear Gas, Zeynep TĂŒfekçiShow NotesZeynep TĂŒfekçiher recently-launched newsletter Insight52-Cent PartyCultural RevolutionTianenmen SquareTwitter and the 2020 US electionTwitterâs own takeHunter BidenElectoral collegeBen ThompsonMatt Levineâs newsletter Money StuffHis latest issue before going on parental leave back in Augustprofiled in the New York TimesMatching blazersFor the âgramUpcoming BookDecember (8.22 and 8.23): Mr. Penumbraâs 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan.CreditsMusicâDrop Offâ, by Vertaal, feat. Severin Bruhin & Loren Hignell Used by permission, please donât use without permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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Walking through Zeynep TĂŒfekçiâs masterful explanation of the relationship between social media and protest movements.
Twitter and Tear Gas, Zeynep TĂŒfekçiShow NotesThings we mentioned on the show, in the order we mentioned them:
Zeynep TĂŒfekçiher recently-launched newsletter Insightmodern TurkeyZapatistasOccupy Wall Street1999 World Trade Organization protestsArab SpringTea PartyChinaâs treatment of the UyghursCapacities/capabilitiesThe Capability Approach, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyAmartya SenAmerican Civil Rights MovementMarch on WashingtonMontgomery Bus BoycottJohn LewisThe Internet ArchiveUpcoming BookDecember (8.22 and 8.23): Mr. Penumbraâs 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan.CreditsMusicâOde to Youthâ, by Liam Mour Used by permission, please donât use without permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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Thinking about Carl Sagan's views on belief, and how they relate to religion and science
Contact, Carl SaganShow NotesAfter reading Carl Saganâs 1985 novel Contact and watching the 1995 movie of the same name, we discuss a major epistemological question: what are the acceptable grounds for belief? Are religious belief and scientific proof compatible? Saganâs surprisingly nuanced views give us interesting ways forward.
Things we mentioned on the show, in the order we mentioned them:
Carl SaganCosmos: TV show and bookNon-overlapping MagisteriaMore commentary on Saganâs complex and complicated relationship with religionOne of many episodes of the Bible Project talking about God working through historyRichard DawkinsâVerily I say unto you, they have received their reward in fullâ (Carradini version, a mashup of the KJV and NIV translations of Matthew 6:2)Saganâs views on religion and nuclear warJenkins and LaHaye dispensationalist eschatology, otherwise known as the Left Behind seriesPostmillenialismSoviet genetics, also known as Lysenkoism (bonus: Lysenkoism is based partially on Lamarckism, which should be familiar to you if you just listened to our episodes on Mary Midgleyâs work)Upcoming BookNovember (8.20 and 8.21): Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest, Zeynep Tufecki. You can also download it from Tufeckiâs website as a PDF.December (8.22 and 8.23): Mr. Penumbraâs 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan.CreditsMusicâCharacterâ by Kylie Odetta. Used by permission, please donât use without permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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Another book from the â80s, but hey: at least this one is fiction!
Contact, Carl SaganShow NotesWe read Carl Saganâs 1985 novel Contact and watched the 1995 movie of the same name. In this episode, our overview of the book: its plot and its basic interests.
Things we mentioned on the show, in the order we mentioned them:
Carl SaganCosmos: TV show and bookNeil Degrasse TysonFermi ParadoxWow! signalVery Large ArrayArecibo ObservatoryNeil Patrick Harris (wait for it, itâll all make sense in the end)Upcoming BookNovember (8.20 and 8.21): Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest, Zeynep Tufecki. You can also download it from Tufeckiâs website as a PDF.December (8.22 and 8.23): Mr. Penumbraâs 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan.CreditsMusicâItâs a Movie, Itâs a Dreamâ by Josh Caress. Used by permission, please donât use without permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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We argue with Mary Midgley on how she did what she did, more than what she did.
Evolution as a Religion, Mary MidgleyShow NotesDescartesâ belief that people canât be rational without God; see paragraph sixRichard Dawkinsâ The Selfish GeneDavid HumeImmanuel KantJohn Rawls, the specific claim Stephen most has a problem with is the veil of ignorance concept explained in this page (although this is not mentioned in the episode)Jacques MonodWickedness: A Philosophical EssayRobinson CrusoeHereâs another great cover of the book from the â80s!
Have to climb to Omega, man!Upcoming BookOctober (8.18 and 8.19): Contact, Carl Sagan (and the movie)November (8.20 and 8.21): Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest, Zeynep Tufecki. You can also download it from Tufeckiâs website as a PDF.CreditsMusicâSailorâs Cryâ by A.M.R via Silk Music. Used by permission, please donât use without permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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What had Mary Midgley so incredibly angry in the 1980s, and what did she do about it?
Evolution as a Religion, Mary MidgleyShow NotesRichard Dawkinsâ The Selfish GeneâSupermanâ and Friedrich NietzscheDavid HumeImmanuel KantThe other book Chris is reading on politics &c. currently: Politics and the Order of Love, Eric GregoryHereâs another great cover of the book from the â80s!
Have to climb to Omega, man!Upcoming BookOctober (8.18 and 8.19): Contact, Carl SaganNovember (8.20 and 8.21): Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest, Zeynep Tufecki. You can also download it from Tufeckiâs website as a PDF.CreditsMusicâAcquainted with the Nightâ by Ezra Feinberg. Used by permission, please donât use without permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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We point out several concerns that we have with the arguments Dr. Franklin makes in her lectures-turned-book: the ineffectiveness of her holistic and prescriptive technologies frame, her deeply cynical view on policy, and other thorny places that her arguments lead (like the Soviet Union).
The Real World of Technology, Ursula FranklinShow NotesCold War peace movementPeace movements in CanadaSecond-wave feminism (to which Dr. Franklinâs feminism approximately belongs to)
History of environmental movements, post-WWIIBijker, Hughes & Pinchâs seminal work on Social Construction of Technology: Stephen left out Hughes. Sorry, Thomas P. Hughes.Actor-Network TheoryJohn Law and Annemarie Molâs Handpump article: Stephen incorrectly only mentioned Mol instead of Law and Mol. Sorry, John Law.Robert Mosesâs bridgesBay of Pigs invasion, also sometimes known as the Bay of Pigs incident: Stephenâs point in bringing this up was to allude to the point made neatly in the Wikipedia article: â[The failed invasion] also pushed Cuba closer to the Soviet Union, and those strengthened Soviet-Cuban relations would lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.âAlmost no nuclear power plants have been built since 1990Nuclear power plants historically have decreased carbon emissions significantly: see paragraph fourHereâs the great cover of the book from the â80sânote that at no time are floppy disks mentioned in the book.
Dr. Franklin does not advocate throwing floppy discs at peopleâs faces, presumablyUpcoming BookSeptember (8.16 and 8.17): Evolution as a Religion: Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears, Mary Midgley
CreditsMusicâVistaâ by Escaper. Used by permission, please donât use without permission. We usually announce that on the show, but a technical error resulted in a second straight month without verbal crediting. Argh! Argh!âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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The Real World of Technology, Ursula FranklinShow NotesCold War peace movementPeace movements in CanadaSecond-wave feminism (to which Dr. Franklinâs feminism approximately belongs to)Third-wave feminism (to which Dr. Franklinâs feminism approximately does not belong to):Oklahoma historically dumping stuff in riversArkansas historically dumping stuff in Oklahomaâs riversOklahoma contemporarily dumping stuff in rivers
Hereâs the great cover of the book from the â80sânote that at no time are floppy disks mentioned in the book.
Purple cover of a book with a floppy disk superimposed over a personâs faceUpcoming BooksSeptember (8.16 and 8.17): Evolution as a Religion: Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears, Mary MidgleyOctober (8.18 and 8.19): Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology, Neil PostmanCreditsMusicâMission Planâ by Matthew Shaw. Used by permission, please donât use without permission. We usually announce that on the show, but a temporary glitch corrupted that section of the podcast. Whoops. Also, learn more about Matthew Shaw, this song, and Stephenâs long and storied enthusiasm for Shawâs work here.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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Discussing Simone Browneâs epistemology, ideas, and arguments: what persuaded us, and what didnât?
Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of BlacknessâExplained, Simone BrowneShow NotesCritical theoryCritical race theoryBlack feminismIntersectionalityWhite as default in AI, potentially due to biased/non-diverse training dataFinding God in the Lord of the RingsLooking for God in Harry PotterSurveillance StudiesDavid HumeThe two main subjects we mentioned on the show as relevant were critical theory (and specifically critical race theory) and surveillance studies. Notably, while Browne describes herself as a black feminist and makes reference to the adjacent idea of intersectionality, she never explicitly refers to critical (race) theory. We applied the term to her work based on the historical and interpretive methods she used.
Reminder: as noted in 8.12, Stephen was definitely recording from a closet and some of his level drops are a result of (potentially) getting hit in the face with a sweater:
screenshot of our Zoom call with Stephen in a closetUpcoming BooksAugust (8.14 and 8.15): The Real World of Technology, Dr. Ursula FranklinSeptember (8.16 and 8.17): Evolution as a Religion: Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears, Mary Midgley(Last episode we said we had a plan for the year and then it changed, so weâll just keep going two books at a time!)
CreditsMusicâSali Lentoâ by Chouk Bwa & The AÌngstromers. Used by permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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Digging into Simone Browneâs application of critical race theory to surveillance studies.
Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of BlacknessâExplained, Simone BrowneShow NotesThe two main subjects we mentioned on the show as relevant were critical theory (and specifically critical race theory) and surveillance studies. Notably, while Browne describes herself as a black feminist and makes reference to the adjacent idea of intersectionality, she never explicitly refers to critical (race) theory. We applied the term to her work based on the historical and interpretive methods she used.
Stephen reviewed our intro music, Joshua Crumblyâs âNew Rock Thingy,â here.
Finally (as noted on air), Stephen was definitely recording from a closet:
screenshot of our Zoom call with Stephen in a closetUpcoming BooksAugust (8.14 and 8.15): The Real World of Technology, Ursula FranklinSeptember (8.16 and 8.17): (probably) Technopoly, Neil Postman(We actually have a tentative plan through the end of the year⊠but weâll publicize it once weâre more solid!)
CreditsMusicâNew Rock Thingyâ by Joshua Crumbly. Used by permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music⊠as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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The printing press and the internet are often compared. How similar in impact are they really?
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Elizabeth EisensteinShow NotesEisensteinâs outline:
disseminationstandardizationreorganizationdata collectionpreservationamplificationreinforcementcultural effectsthe Republic of LettersLinks to things mentioned on the show:
On context collapse: 2.02: Basketballs â PumpkinsOur strongest take on âbig data:â 6.06: A Kind of BlindnessâSmart cities, âbig dataâ, and the meaninglessness of mere information.The Republic of LettersClarkivesUpcoming booksJuly (8.12 and 8.13): Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone BrownAugust (8.14 and 8.15): The Real World of Technology, Ursula FranklinSeptember (8.16 and 8.17): (probably) Technopoly, Neil PostmanMusicdrawn, by Trevor Ransom. Used by permission.âWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris KrychoSponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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Digging into Elizabeth Eisensteinâs magisterial and seminal work on how print changed culture.
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Elizabeth Eisenstein
Show NotesWe almost entirely ended up talking about the contents of this book specifically! And we werenât joking about how dense it is:
A picture Chris snapped of p. 113 of The Printing Press as an Agent of ChangeWe did mention a couple other episodes of the show:
8.08: Jurassic ParkâExplainedon friction7.09: FrictioneersUpcoming booksJuly (8.12 and 8.13): Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone BrownAugust (8.14 and 8.15): The Real World of Technology, Ursula FranklinSeptember (8.16 and 8.17): (probably) Technopoly, Neil PostmanMusicâAlpha Orionisâ by JuffbassâWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris KrychoSponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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Donât go into science for the money: you will get killed by dinosaurs.
Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (and the movie!)
Show NotesWe put dinosaurs mostly in the background and talk about what Crichton really wanted to discuss: the science/industrial complex, the limits of science to interpret or re-create nature, the limits of discovery, and disciplinary power.
Things mentioned on the showPeople trying to recreate mammoths in Siberia to fix ⊠climate change?The worldâs fastest supercomputer being used for climate simulations, among other thingsThe wild tale of Anthony Levandoskiâs self-driving cars corporate espionageSelf-driving cars as a zero-sum gameWe also mentioned the famous âyou didnât stop to consider whether you shouldâŠâ quote in 6.11: Very Thoughtful Ethics Dogs.
Upcoming booksNote that weâve ended up changing plans since we recorded our Kurzweil episodes! We originally planned to read Simone Browneâs Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, but decided to talk about our âbackgroundâ reading so far!
June: The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Elizabeth EisensteinJuly: Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone BrownMusicâPull Apart (feat. Samantha Eason)â by SummeroomsâWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris KrychoSponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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What the well-known novel and movie have to say about science, ethics, epistemology, and hubris.
Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (and the movie!)
Show NotesThings mentioned on the showMedia OSâsee TVTropesâ âExtreme Graphical Representationâ for many examples.The ExpanseTV series overviewbook series overviewCalibanâs War: the book in which âcomplex simple systemsâ appearNuclear meltdownsThree-Mile IslandChernobylFukushimaUpcoming booksNote that weâve ended up changing plans since we recorded our Kurzweil episodes! We originally planned to read Simone Browneâs Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, but decided to talk about our âbackgroundâ reading so far!
June: The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Elizabeth EisensteinJuly: Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone BrownMusicâAchimeâ by TENGGERâWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris KrychoSponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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Digging into Kurzweilâs deficient view of culture and human natureâfrom sex and family to epistemology and human dignity.
The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil
Show NotesThings mentioned on the showStephenâs music blog7.06 and 7.07: The ERLC AI Statement Parts 1 and 2Mass Effect and Mass AffectionThe MatrixI, RobotTolkien, AĂŒle, dwarves:Dwarves: Origin at Tolkien GatewayAĂŒle: The Creation of the Dwarves at Lord of the Rings WikiTuring test and Alan TuringLanier via Jacobs, 59th thesisUpcoming booksMay: Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (and the movie!)June: Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone BrownMusicâSOLâ by Pascal SchumacherâWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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Reading Ray Kurzweilâs prognostications about the futureâand coming to terms with his ruthless optimism.
The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil
Show NotesThings mentioned on the showThe Age of Intelligent MachinesMooreâs LawUniversal constants, and especially the speed of lightYou Are Not a Gadget, by Jaron LanierThe Shallows, by Nicholas CarrRenĂ© DescartesLudwig WittgensteinPaul FeyerabendThomas Kuhn and particularly The Structure of Scientific RevolutionsDaniel DennettPentium III and Core i7sTuring test and Alan TuringJohn Searleâs Chinese Room Argument: âMinds, Brains and Programsâa helpful deep diveChrisâ blog post about it in 2018Lanier via Jacobs, 59th thesisGoogleâs Calico projectUpcoming booksMay: Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (and the movie!)June: Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone BrownMusicâKing of Thumbsâ by Alex DowlingâWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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The Postmodern Condition, JeanâFrançois Lyotard
Lyotardâs postmodernism, the politics of power, and aesthetics: what do we keep and what do we reject?
Show NotesErrataChris, because he was slightly sick, forgot that although we were recording in February, the episode was coming out in March. This threw off everything we said about dates for the rest of the episode. Whoops!
(The book schedule is adjusted accordingly below.)
Things mentioned on the showâInformation wants to be freeâThe Year of Our Lord 1943, Alan Jacobs, which we discussed in 7.01: Do We Really Need to Keep the Internet Around?Simone WeilJacques EllulThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas KuhnFrom Chrisâ newsletter, quoting and discussing Elizabeth Eisensteinâs note on learning: Across the Sundering Seas 2020 #07Richard DawkinsApophatic theology and via negativaUpcoming booksApril: The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray KurzweilMay: Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (and the movie!)June: Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone BrownMusicâGizmoâ by Camel Power ClubâWinning Slowly Themeâ by Chris Krycho.SponsorsMany thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This monthâs sponsors:
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