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Ep. 019 — Technology People

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Release Date: 09/07/2017

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“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:

  1. [01:20] A link to download the Park Mobile app
  2. [01:25] “Inamorata (Marimba Solo)” by Blue Dot Sessions
  3. [04:40] “Inside the Tower” by Visager
  4. [06:15] More on Clooneys Pub (SFGate)
  5. [06:40] Light reading on the James Comey hearings (CNN)
  6. [07:50] More on Peter Eckersley (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
  7. [08:20] Light reading on the latest allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US Election (The New York Times)
  8. [09:40] “When in the West” by Blue Dot Sessions
  9. [09:45] Light reading on:
  1. The abacus (Ryerson University)
  2. The astrolabe (Smithsonian Magazine)
  3. The sundial (How Stuff Works)
  4. The analytical engine (ThoughtCo)
  1. And a worthwhile video on Charles Babbage
  2. And this Crash Course series on the history of computing is worth the watch
  1. [10:35] Related: How much Internet v.1 cost (Larry Press)
  2. [10:20] Newsreel from 1964 track meet between the US and USSR
  3. [10:35] Some worthwhile videos on how the Internet started:
  1. In animation form
  2. In SciShow series form with Part I, II and III
  3. And in a super-short condensed form
  1. [10:45] “Timesharing: A Solution to Computer Bottlenecks” (Computer History Museum)
  2. [11:25] Light reading on ARPANET (Live Science)
  1. Related: Original sketch of ARPANET (SRI International)
  2. Related: Room where the first message was sent (Gizmodo)
  3. Related: The growth of the Internet over the years (Vox)
  4. Related: An overview of the Internet (WebpageFX)
  5. Related: A list of Internet firsts
  6. Related: What happens every second on the Internet
  1. [11:55] “Gregorian Chant” by Kevin MacLeod
  2. [12:25] “Inside the Tower” by Visager
  3. [12:55] Some background on:
  1. TCP/IP Protocols and the individual behind it (WIRED)
  2. Advanced packet switching (Editor’s note: you should watch this)
  3. Email (Nethistory.com)
  4. Related: How the Internet was viewed in 1969 and in 1981
  1. [13:10] Light reading on the World Wide Web
  1. And on Tim Berners-Lee
  2. Related: Why it’s called surfing the web
  1. [13:30] What it was like being online in the 80s (Gizmodo)
  2. [13:50] Light reading on AOL (Fast Company)
  1. ...and Compuserve (Ars Technica)
  2. Animation illustrating “the series of tubes”
  3. Sound of a 56K dial up modem (10Stripe.com)
  1. [14:00] Light reading on the Eternal September (Wikipedia)
  1. Related: A guide on the Internet before it took off (TIME)
  1. [14:10] The man behind the “You Got Mail” audio (Great Big Story)
  2. [14:15] Light reading on the early browser days of Erwise, Mosaic and Netscape (Ars Technica)
  3. [14:25] Commercialization begins (New York Times)
  1. Sort of related: Vice President Al Gore logs onto the Internet (CSPAN)
  2. Also sort of related: Al Gore’s relationship with the Internet (Gizmodo)
  1. [14:25] “Astrisx” by Blue Dot Sessions
  2. [14:35] A montage of Pets.com commercials—and a brilliant overview on the dotcom bubble (WIRED)
  3. [14:45] Is there a 2010s Tech Bubble? (in no particular order)
  1. Bloomberg
  2. Vanity Fair
  3. The Telegraph
  4. Business Insider
  5. Inc
  6. Forbes
  1. [15:15] More on the more modern history of the  Internet and related services
  2. [15:30] More on Aral Balkan (@aral)
  1. And on his mission for an independent Internet (Paste)
  1. [16:30] See the Ethical Design Manifesto here
  2. [18:00] Some short videos on how online advertising works:
  1. The evolution of online display advertising (IABUK)
  2. The life of a programmatic ad (Media Crossing)
  3. Background on real-time bidding (Acuity Ads)
  4. ...and one more pivot to video—the history of ads (Mashable)
  1. [20:10] More on Kevin Kelly (@Kevin2Kelly)
  1. Bio
  2. Author of
    1. What Technology Wants
    2. The Inevitable
  2. Read his writing here (WIRED)
  3. Hear about his trip around the world (This American Life — First Act of the show)
  4. Read his “Network Nation” report here
  5. Light reading on the Whole Earth Catalog (Rolling Stone)
  6. And the WELL
  7. And his book Out of Control, which was a required reading for actors on The Matrix
  1. [22:50] “Cyclotrak” by Blue Dot Sessions
  2. [23:20] More on the Technium
  3. [25:45] “Drone Birch” by Blue Dot Sessions
  4. [27:30] See related study on early human brain vs. later human brain (Smithsonian Magazine)
  5. [27:40] Light reading on John Zerzan (The Guardian)
  6. [27:50] Light reading on the Unabomber (The Atlantic)
  7. [28:05] Kaczynski's Manifesto and its reviews
  8. [28:45] A 60 Minutes report on the Battle for Seattle (CBS News)
  9. [29:00] “Tralaga” by Blue Dot Sessions
  10. [29:40] Zerzan’s book—Elements of Refusal
  11. [29:45] More on Anarchy Radio
  12. [29:55] And a link to the Black and Green Review
  13. [32:50] Maker Faire 2017 (San Jose Mercury News)
  14. [33:40] See the tesla coil here
  15. [34:20] See Randy Gallegos’ paintings here
  16. [35:35] “Epilogue” by Visager
  17. [36:00] More on Jason Malcolm Stewart (@sabbathsoldier)
  18. [38:55] More on Ronald Moore (@rondmoore)
  1. See related Portlandia skit
  1. [40:00] Related: See Ray Kurzweil on the three technologies that will shape our future
  2. [40:30] More on Alex Schultink
  1. Related: Dr. Jennifer Doudna (New York Times)
  2. Related: Radiolab episode on CRISPR
  1. [43:40] More on Dr. Heather Berlin (@heather_berlin)
  1. An interview where Berlin discusses what happens to your brain on creativity (Studio 360)
  1. [47:40] Meet Pepper
  1. Inside Pepper (Nikkei Asian Review)
  1. [48:55] Light reading on Softbank (Wikipedia)
  2. [50:30] “How Realistic Is Westworld?” (Vulture)
  3. [50:55] Light reading on technological singularity (The Guardian)
  1. The concerns over AI (The Hive)
  2. Open letter on artificial intelligence
  1. [51:05] Stephen Hawking on AI (BBC)
  2. [52:30] Kevin Kelly’s full takedown of the singularity (WIRED)
  3. [53:05] Kelly’s $1,000 bet with Kirk Sale (Wired)
  4. [57:05] “A Simple Blur” by Blue Dot Sessions
  5. [58:00] Light reading on the state of mental illness in the States (Salon)
  1. Related: Study finds more Americans suffering from stress, anxiety and depress (CBS News)
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