Podcast of the Cybernetic Marxists. Examining the intersection of Technology, (Left) Politics, and Philosophy
Episodes
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
A collaboration episode with Swampside Chats, in which we (re)read Stafford Beers "Designing Freedom", and zoom off on all kinds of tangents along the way. Part two will air next week.
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Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
In which we read "The Necessity of Extended Autopoiesis" by Nathaniel Virgo. (Our reading of) this text treks through cybernetics, gaia theory, deleuzian metaphysics and biology, converging on an understanding of the relation between bodies and processes.
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Monday Jul 15, 2019
Monday Jul 15, 2019
In which we discuss the Viable System Model, by Stafford Beer. We read "The VSM Guide" by Jon Walker, and "The Viable System Model as a Framework for Understanding Organizations" by Raul Espejo and Antonia Gill.
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- A diagram of the VSM (on wikipedia)
- The Viable System Model as a Framework for Understanding Organizations
- The VSM Guide
- 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
Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
In which we continue reading "The People's Republic of Walmart" by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski.
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Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
In which we read "The People's Republic of Walmart" by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski.
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Saturday May 18, 2019
Saturday May 18, 2019
We're launching a community discord server for our patrons!
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Wednesday May 15, 2019
Wednesday May 15, 2019
In which we are joined by Tina Sikka to discuss her new book "Climate Technology, Gender, and Justice: The Standpoint of the Vulnerable".
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Wednesday May 01, 2019
Wednesday May 01, 2019
In which we are joined by Bob Neubauer to discuss Nick Srnicek's 2016 book "Platform Capitalism"
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Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
In which we talk about our first thirty-something episodes, and take time to tie some threads together. No, this isn't a clip-show.
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Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
We are joining forces with our friends at Swampside Chats, and From Alpha To Omega, to form the Emancipation Network, a Marxist podcast network and research collective.
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Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
In which we (struggle to) read a math paper, The Inherent Instability of Disordered Systems, by Taeer Bar-Yam, Owen Lynch, and Yaneer Bar-Yam.
This paper introduces us to the Multi-scale Law of Requisite Variety, and the importance of organisation at multiple scales. The paper also furnishes a proof that disordered systems will inevitably become ordered by forces in their environment.
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Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Hey there folks!
We're giving away two copies of People's Republic of Walmart, by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski.
All of our patrons will automatically be included in the draw, while non-patrons can enter their email address in this form to add themselves to the draw.
Winners will be selected at random on the 31st of March, and will be contacted via Patreon message or email to arrange delivery. To keep this fair, if we don't hear back from an entrant within two weeks, we'll draw another winner for that book.
Why are we doing this? Well, Shane accidentally placed three separate pre-orders for this book over the course of two years, so there's two spare copies floating around.
Check out this post on our Patreon page for more details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/25294050
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
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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Links:
- 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
- http://generalintellectunit.net
- Support the show on Patreon
- https://twitter.com/giunitpod
- General Intellect Unit on Facebook
- General Intellect Unit on archive.org
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
In which we talk to Wendy Liu and Jason Prado about tech, worker organising, and open source.
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Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
In which we are joined by Fraser Simons to discuss The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks.
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