Patreon Preview 125. TMK Book Club 2.0, Chapter 5

Published: Dec. 19, 2021, 4:30 a.m.

b'We wrap up with the last chapter of Wendy H.K. Chun\\u2019s book, Control and Freedom. We discuss: the book\\u2019s value as a lens for analyzing current developments and discourses about \\u201cweb3\\u201d \\u2014 conceptions of the internet as both a public and private space \\u2014 the general cultural affect of paranoia and its relation to techno-power \\u2014 a self-crit session on the utility of \\u201cemerging technologies\\u201d as a term \\u2014 Chun\\u2019s case studies of facial recognition and webcams. You can grab a pdf of Chun\\u2019s book here: https://au1lib.org/book/2074091/cc12a3 \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nGrab fresh new TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)'