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Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
This week we further explore our critique of technology under capitalism. Chris was absent from the recording due to grad school reasons, so Jess led the charge on this one. We ultimately determine that technology is bad and the Luddites were right.
The Rise of the Machines
https://jacobinmag.com/2013/04/the-rise-of-the-machines
The Ideology Behind Technology
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3333-the-ideology-behind-technology
The Case Against Naive Technocapitalist Optimism
https://consilienceproject.org/the-case-against-naive-technocapitalist-optimism/
Marx on Technology
https://andymerrifield.org/2019/09/29/marx-on-technology/
HYPER-REALITY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs&t=291s
Music: Bathsheba- At the End of Everything
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