Techs on Texts is on Hiatus
I'm too busy to do this thing the way I want to, so I'm taking a few months off before coming back with something better. In the meantime, please check out: The Ends of Information: Searching for Tr...
30 Kesä 3min
Episode #28: George Dyson on The Tale of the Big Computer
George Dyson – historian, boat maker, and volunteer Staff Historian at Radiant Earth – returns for his fourth appearance to discuss The Tale of the Big Computer, written by Hannes Alfvén in 1966 under...
31 Touko 1h 9min
Episode #27: Justin Kiggins on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Justin Kiggins, neuroscientist, artisinal oboe reed maker, and builder at the intersection of AI and biology, joins us to discuss Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. We explore ...
30 Huhti 1h 12min
Episode #26: JB Flinders on Sneakers
JB Flinders – omnitechnologist, fellow Ute, and co-host of the Andy and Ammon's Excellent Odyssey podcast: joins us to discuss the 1993 film Sneakers. We discuss data as the primary seat of power, the...
1 Huhti 1h 24min
Episode #25: Kate Chapman on Wool by Hugh Howey
Kate Chapman, geographer and technologist, joins us to discuss Hugh Howey's Wool. We discuss failures of governance, the perils of IT supremacy, the difficult ethics of constrained environments, and c...
28 Helmi 1h 28min
Episode #24: Kevin Bullock on Pluribus by Vince Gilligan
Kevin Bullock joins us to discuss the sublime first season of Vince Gilligan's Pluribus. Yes, TV is a "text," especially when Vince Gilligan is making it. We talk about individual morality, the ethics...
31 Tammi 1h 26min
Episode #22: Marta Regn on “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom” by Ted Chiang
"Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" on Wikipedia - note the fan art book coverRead "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" on MediumOr buy Exhalation: Stories, the collection containing this storyThe ...
29 Marras 20251h 23min
