Podcast of the Cybernetic Marxists. Examining the intersection of Technology, (Left) Politics, and Philosophy
Episodes
Mar 13, 2019
Mar 13, 2019
1 hr 57 min
In which we discuss Stafford Beer's 1974 book "Designing Freedom". Beer makes the case for a total overhaul of our institutions and organisational methods, by way of management cybernetics.
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- Designing Freedom on the Internet Archive (free full ebook)
- Stafford beer on Wikipedia
- The Viable System Model on metaphorum.org
- General Intellect Unit on iTunes
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- General Intellect Unit on archive.org
Jan 23, 2019
Jan 23, 2019
1 hr 9 min
In which we continue our discussion of the Xenofeminist Manifesto, with Kira Magrann.
The next book we read will be Designing Freedom, by Stafford Beer. If you want to read along with us before the episode airs, you can get the book free from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/DesigningFreedom
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Jan 9, 2019
Jan 9, 2019
1 hr 4 min
In which we are joined by Kira Magrann to discuss the Xenofeminist Manifesto.
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Dec 19, 2018
Dec 19, 2018
44 min
In which we discuss Shane's experience at the Metaphorum Conference 2018.
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Links:
- Metaphorum website
- Stafford Beer on Wikipedia
- Niklas Luhmann on Wikipedia
- General Intellect Unit on iTunes
- http://generalintellectunit.net
- Support the show on Patreon
- https://twitter.com/giunitpod
- General Intellect Unit on Facebook
- General Intellect Unit on archive.org
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Nov 28, 2018
Nov 28, 2018
56 min
In which we interview Andrew Pickering, author of The Cybernetic Brain.
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Sep 26, 2018
Sep 26, 2018
1 hr 50 min
In which we talk about Accelerationism, it's bizarre history, and it's recent Left-wing manifestations.
We read from three articles: "Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in" by Andy Beckett, "Terminator vs. Avatar: Notes on Accelerationism" by Mark Fisher, and "#Accelerate, Manifesto for an Accelerationist Politics" by Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek.
(PS: We will never miss an opportunity to dunk on Nick Land.)
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Links:
- Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in
- Terminator vs. Avatar: Notes on Accelerationism
- #Accelerate, Manifesto for an Accelerationist Politics
- General Intellect Unit on iTunes
- http://generalintellectunit.net
- Support the show on Patreon
- https://twitter.com/giunitpod
- General Intellect Unit on Facebook
- General Intellect Unit on archive.org
Aug 24, 2018
Aug 24, 2018
1 hr 8 min
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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Jul 25, 2018
Jul 25, 2018
2 hr 34 sec
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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