#62: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces
Barry and Mike discuss Siegfried Kracauer's 1926 essay "Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces." Written nearly 100 years ago, the essay is strangely relevant to our current political lands...
15 Maalis 202447min
#61: Yanis Varoufakis - Technofeudalism
Barry and Mike discuss Yanis Varoufakis' book, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, and the challenge it presents to Marxist theories about global capital.
1 Maalis 202445min
Evgeny Morozov - Only Disconnect
In this episode Barry and Mike relate Evgeny Morozov’s 2013 New Yorker essay, “Only Disconnect” to their previous discussion of A. Romero’s meditation on boredom and distraction and the internet.
16 Helmi 202438min
Alberto Romero - The Most Important Skill in the 21st Century
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss “The Most Important Skill in the 21st Century,” Alberto Romero’s polemical defense of boredom in the media entertainment age. They discuss whether it’s possible ...
2 Helmi 202445min
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
In this episode Barry and Mike return to the earlier discussion of Sherry Turkle’s “Alone Together” and question her conclusion regarding the human/robotic distinction in light of PKD’s “Do Androids ...
19 Tammi 20241h 10min
Sherry Turkle - Alone Together
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Sherry Turkle’s “Alone Together” and her thesis, that though technology opens new possibilities for communication it simultaneously alienates us from each other,...
5 Tammi 20241h 1min
Kazuo Ishiguro - Klara and the Sun pt. 2
In this episode Barry and Mike resume their discussion of Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun.” They discuss how differences in class and education determine how the various characters relation to Ka...
22 Joulu 202354min
Kazuo Ishiguro - Klara and the Sun pt. 1
Change is good! Barry and Mike shift the focus of their discussions on technology to look more closely at what it means to be human in a technologically dominated world. This episode looks at Kazuo ...
8 Joulu 202359min
