In which we discuss the politics of Open Source software, starting from Gavin Mueller's article "Microsoft and the Yeoman Coders".
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August 24, 2018
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In which we conclude our two-part discussion of The Cybernetic Brain, by Andrew Pickering. This episode covers the chapter on Stafford Beer, and the final chapter, "Sketches of Another Future".
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July 25, 2018
In which we begin a two-part discussion of The Cybernetic Brain, by Andrew Pickering. This episode covers the opening two chapters, "The Adaptive Brain" and "Ontological Theatre".
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July 4, 2018
In which we talk with Fraser Simons about Ursula K. Le Guin's 1974 novel, The Dispossessed.
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June 13, 2018
In which we talk with Tina Sikka about Geoengineering, and an Intersectional analysis of the potential negative effects of the same.
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May 30, 2018
In which we read from the latest issue of Notes From Below, titled "Technology And The Worker".
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May 16, 2018
In which we read "Markets In The Name Of Socialism, The Left-Wing Origins Of Neoliberalism", by Johanna Bockman.
This book "reveals a dialogue among many economists on both sides of the Iron Curtain a...
May 2, 2018
In which we look at two papers, the Labour Party's "Alternative Models of Ownership", and "How To Change The Course Of Human History" by David Graeber and David Wengrow.
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April 18, 2018
In which we discuss the third and final part of Adam Curtis' documentary film series "All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace".
This episode explores the development of Selfish Gene theory, the s...
April 4, 2018
In which we discuss the second part of Adam Curtis' documentary film series "All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace".
This episode focuses on the development ideas of the ecosystem and the balan...
March 21, 2018
