Networked: The New Social Operating System
Networked: The New Social Operating System
Daily life is connected life, its rhythms driven by endless email pings and responses, the chimes and beeps of continual... Read more
15 Aug 2023
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16mins
Hello Avatar: Rise of the Networked Generation
Hello Avatar: Rise of the Networked Generation
Hello Avatar Or, {llSay(0, Hello, Avatar ); is a tiny piece of user-friendly code that allows us to program our virtual ... Read more
14 Aug 2023
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17mins
Satsuki Takahashi, "Fukushima Futures: Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape" (U Washington Press, 2023)
Satsuki Takahashi, "Fukushima Futures: Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape" (U Washington Press, 2023)
Both before and after the 2011 "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tidal wave, and consequent meltdown at the Fukushima Dai... Read more
12 Aug 2023
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53mins
The Future of Underground/Sea Cables: A Discussion with Henry Farrell
The Future of Underground/Sea Cables: A Discussion with Henry Farrell
How much of US power is underground? We hear a lot about the US military assets used on land, on the sea, and in the air... Read more
12 Aug 2023
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52mins
Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones, "How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms" (Norton, 2023)
Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones, "How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms" (Norton, 2023)
From facial recognition―capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents―to automated decis... Read more
10 Aug 2023
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43mins
Idolatry and Idle Hands (with Jacob Howland)
Idolatry and Idle Hands (with Jacob Howland)
Philosophy professor Jacob Howland applies the lessons of Greek classics and Jewish scripture to this our curious moment... Read more
10 Aug 2023
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1hr 11mins
Cory Doctorow, "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" (Verso, 2023)
Cory Doctorow, "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" (Verso, 2023)
Big Tech locked us into their systems by making their platforms hard to leave by design. The impossibility of staying co... Read more
9 Aug 2023
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43mins
Driving While Black: African Americans and the Automobile
Driving While Black: African Americans and the Automobile
Gretchen Sorin, Director and Distinguished Professor of the Cooperstown Graduate Program at the State University of New ... Read more
7 Aug 2023
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40mins
The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
We may think of video games as being "fun," but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely m... Read more
6 Aug 2023
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15mins
The Future of Space Travel: A Discussion with Douglas C. Ligor
The Future of Space Travel: A Discussion with Douglas C. Ligor
The expansion of space travel is much discussed but always seems subject to delay. Why is that and when will it happen o... Read more
5 Aug 2023
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42mins