#94: Jenny Odell - How to Do Nothing
This is the first of two episodes on Jenny Odell’s book (and talk) “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.” Barry and Mike discuss the broad outlines of Odell’s project and attempt to c...
30 Touko 202541min
#93: Daisy Alioto - The Taste Economy
In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion onthe “Taste Economy” and the evolution of the internet from 2.0 to 3.0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUnYbLoyplohttps://www.nytimes.com/20...
16 Touko 202541min
#92: Kyle Chayka - How to Cultivate Taste in the Age of Algorithms/The New Generation of Online Culture Curators.
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Kyle Chayka’s essays and offer a primer on the new online “Taste Economy.” How to Cultivate Taste in the Age of AlgorithmsThe New Generation of Online Culture C...
2 Touko 202540min
#91: The Episode That is Not on Heidegger or His Letter on Humanism (but sort of is).
In this episode Barry and Mike talk about Heidegger and what comes after philosophy and how that helps us to think about the role of the contemporary university.
18 Huhti 20251h 19min
#90: Heidegger - The Question Concerning Technology
In this episode Barry and Mike take a different approach to Heidegger's The Question Concerning Technology. Rather than a traditional "what does all this mean" approach grounded in historical context...
4 Huhti 202545min
#89: Harold Innis - Minerva’s Owl
This episode focuses on Harold Innis’ 1947 presidentialaddress to the Royal Society of Canada, “Minerva’s Owl” and his appendix to theaddress. Barry and Mike discuss how Innis charts the relationships...
21 Maalis 202558min
#88: Revisiting Deleuze's "Postscript on the Society of Control"
In this episode Barry and Mike revisit Gilles Deleuze’s essay “Postscript on the Society of Control.” They attempt to reframe the central arguments of the essay in terms of our current digital cultur...
7 Maalis 202550min
#87: Alan Turing - Computer Machinery and Intelligence
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Alan Turing’s 1950 essay, “Computer Machinery and Intelligence” and discuss whether or not Turing’s concept of machine intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
21 Helmi 20251h 7min
