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Reviewing what we learned in 2020\\u2014and ranking what we read!

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Also: MARIMBAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Show Notes

The books we covered this season:

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1. Phaedrus, Plato: 8.02, 8.03
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2. The Postmodern Condition, Lyotard: 8.04, 8.05
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3. The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil: 8.06, 8.07
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4. Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton: 8.08, 8.09
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5. The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Elizabeth Eisenstein: 8.10, 8.11
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6. Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone Browne: 8.12, 8.13
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7. The Real World of Technology, Ursula Franklin: 8.14, 8.15
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8. Evolution as a Religion, Mary Midgley: 8.16, 8.17
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9. Contact, Carl Sagan: 8.18, 8.19
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10. Twitter and Tear Gas, Zeynep T\\xfcfek\\xe7i: 8.20, 8.21
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11. Mr.\\xa0Penumbra\\u2019s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan: 8.22
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Stephen\\u2019s list

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1. Twitter and Tear Gas
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2. Mr.\\xa0Penumbra\\u2019s 24-Hour Bookstore
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3. The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
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4. The Postmodern Condition
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5. Contact
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6. Jurassic Park
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7. Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness
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8. The Real World of Technology
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9. Phaedrus
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10. The Age of Spiritual Machines
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11. Evolution as a Religion
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Chris\\u2019s list

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1. Twitter and Tear Gas
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2. Mr.\\xa0Penumbra\\u2019s 24-Hour Bookstore
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3. The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
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4. Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness
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5. Jurassic Park
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6. Phaedrus
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7. Contact
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8. The Real World of Technology
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9. The Postmodern Condition
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10. The Age of Spiritual Machines
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11. Evolution as a Religion
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Credits

Music

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• \\u201cFoxglove\\u201d, by Ryan Dugr\\xe9. Used by permission, please don\\u2019t use without permission.
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• \\u201cWinning Slowly Theme\\u201d by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music\\u2026 as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.
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Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month\\u2019s sponsors:

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• Daniel Ellcey
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• Douglas Campos
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• Jake Grant
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• Marnix Klooster
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• Spencer Smith
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