“Thank you Mr. Machine...or Ms. Machine?”
—John Zerzan
About:
What does one make of our future—like the one 50 years from now? The answer, or rather a possible answer, has a lot to do with choice and technology. Whether we survive or go extinct is, however, another question.
Show Notes:
- [01:20] A link to download the Park Mobile app
- [01:25] “Inamorata (Marimba Solo)” by Blue Dot Sessions
- [04:40] “Inside the Tower” by Visager
- [06:15] More on Clooneys Pub (SFGate)
- [06:40] Light reading on the James Comey hearings (CNN)
- [07:50] More on Peter Eckersley (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
- [08:20] Light reading on the latest allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US Election (The New York Times)
- [09:40] “When in the West” by Blue Dot Sessions
- [09:45] Light reading on:
- The abacus (Ryerson University)
- The astrolabe (Smithsonian Magazine)
- The sundial (How Stuff Works)
- The analytical engine (ThoughtCo)
- And a worthwhile video on Charles Babbage
- And this Crash Course series on the history of computing is worth the watch
- [10:35] Related: How much Internet v.1 cost (Larry Press)
- [10:20] Newsreel from 1964 track meet between the US and USSR
- [10:35] Some worthwhile videos on how the Internet started:
- In animation form
- In SciShow series form with Part I, II and III
- And in a super-short condensed form
- [10:45] “Timesharing: A Solution to Computer Bottlenecks” (Computer History Museum)
- [11:25] Light reading on ARPANET (Live Science)
- Related: Original sketch of ARPANET (SRI International)
- Related: Room where the first message was sent (Gizmodo)
- Related: The growth of the Internet over the years (Vox)
- Related: An overview of the Internet (WebpageFX)
- Related: A list of Internet firsts
- Related: What happens every second on the Internet
- [11:55] “Gregorian Chant” by Kevin MacLeod
- [12:25] “Inside the Tower” by Visager
- [12:55] Some background on:
- TCP/IP Protocols and the individual behind it (WIRED)
- Advanced packet switching (Editor’s note: you should watch this)
- Email (Nethistory.com)
- Related: How the Internet was viewed in 1969 and in 1981
- [13:10] Light reading on the World Wide Web
- And on Tim Berners-Lee
- Related: Why it’s called surfing the web
- [13:30] What it was like being online in the 80s (Gizmodo)
- [13:50] Light reading on AOL (Fast Company)
- ...and Compuserve (Ars Technica)
- Animation illustrating “the series of tubes”
- Sound of a 56K dial up modem (10Stripe.com)
- [14:00] Light reading on the Eternal September (Wikipedia)
- Related: A guide on the Internet before it took off (TIME)
- [14:10] The man behind the “You Got Mail” audio (Great Big Story)
- [14:15] Light reading on the early browser days of Erwise, Mosaic and Netscape (Ars Technica)
- [14:25] Commercialization begins (New York Times)
- Sort of related: Vice President Al Gore logs onto the Internet (CSPAN)
- Also sort of related: Al Gore’s relationship with the Internet (Gizmodo)
- [14:25] “Astrisx” by Blue Dot Sessions
- [14:35] A montage of Pets.com commercials—and a brilliant overview on the dotcom bubble (WIRED)
- [14:45] Is there a 2010s Tech Bubble? (in no particular order)
- Bloomberg
- Vanity Fair
- The Telegraph
- Business Insider
- Inc
- Forbes
- [15:15] More on the more modern history of the Internet and related services
- [15:30] More on Aral Balkan (@aral)
- And on his mission for an independent Internet (Paste)
- [16:30] See the Ethical Design Manifesto here
- [18:00] Some short videos on how online advertising works:
- The evolution of online display advertising (IABUK)
- The life of a programmatic ad (Media Crossing)
- Background on real-time bidding (Acuity Ads)
- ...and one more pivot to video—the history of ads (Mashable)
- [20:10] More on Kevin Kelly (@Kevin2Kelly)
- Bio
- Author of
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- What Technology Wants
- The Inevitable
- Read his writing here (WIRED)
- Hear about his trip around the world (This American Life — First Act of the show)
- Read his “Network Nation” report here
- Light reading on the Whole Earth Catalog (Rolling Stone)
- And the WELL
- And his book Out of Control, which was a required reading for actors on The Matrix
- [22:50] “Cyclotrak” by Blue Dot Sessions
- [23:20] More on the Technium
- [25:45] “Drone Birch” by Blue Dot Sessions
- [27:30] See related study on early human brain vs. later human brain (Smithsonian Magazine)
- [27:40] Light reading on John Zerzan (The Guardian)
- [27:50] Light reading on the Unabomber (The Atlantic)
- [28:05] Kaczynski's Manifesto and its reviews
- [28:45] A 60 Minutes report on the Battle for Seattle (CBS News)
- [29:00] “Tralaga” by Blue Dot Sessions
- [29:40] Zerzan’s book—Elements of Refusal
- [29:45] More on Anarchy Radio
- [29:55] And a link to the Black and Green Review
- [32:50] Maker Faire 2017 (San Jose Mercury News)
- [33:40] See the tesla coil here
- [34:20] See Randy Gallegos’ paintings here
- [35:35] “Epilogue” by Visager
- [36:00] More on Jason Malcolm Stewart (@sabbathsoldier)
- [38:55] More on Ronald Moore (@rondmoore)
- See related Portlandia skit
- [40:00] Related: See Ray Kurzweil on the three technologies that will shape our future
- [40:30] More on Alex Schultink
- Related: Dr. Jennifer Doudna (New York Times)
- Related: Radiolab episode on CRISPR
- [43:40] More on Dr. Heather Berlin (@heather_berlin)
- An interview where Berlin discusses what happens to your brain on creativity (Studio 360)
- [47:40] Meet Pepper
- Inside Pepper (Nikkei Asian Review)
- [48:55] Light reading on Softbank (Wikipedia)
- [50:30] “How Realistic Is Westworld?” (Vulture)
- [50:55] Light reading on technological singularity (The Guardian)
- The concerns over AI (The Hive)
- Open letter on artificial intelligence
- [51:05] Stephen Hawking on AI (BBC)
- [52:30] Kevin Kelly’s full takedown of the singularity (WIRED)
- [53:05] Kelly’s $1,000 bet with Kirk Sale (Wired)
- [57:05] “A Simple Blur” by Blue Dot Sessions
- [58:00] Light reading on the state of mental illness in the States (Salon)
- Related: Study finds more Americans suffering from stress, anxiety and depress (CBS News)
- [01:02:50] Recommended Podcast to Listen to Until the Next Show: Terrible, Thanks For Asking
- More at thisissomenoise.com/ep-19