The Return of Disquisition: Devastation in 3D
Topics Discussed:
- Sobering Thoughts
- Star Wars
- Canon for Geeks
- Riddley Walker
- Trevor Paglen’s Last Pictures Satellite Project
- Audience-Free Talk Shows
- Attention Spans
- Celestis
- Colonialism and Imperialism
- The Decline of Violence and War
- Music We've Been Listening To
Recommended Reading:
- Sobering Thoughts by Greg Davies
- Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide by Joshua S. Goldstein
- Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
- Signal To Noise by Eric S. Nylund
- The Last Pictures by Trevor Paglen
- Celestis by Paul Park
- The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
Recommended Viewing:
- Late Late show Stephen Fry PT1 2/23/10B hosted by Craig Ferguson
- No One Survives - Music Video by Nekrogoblikon
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace directed by George Lucas
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones directed by George Lucas
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith directed by George Lucas
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope directed by George Lucas
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back directed by Irvin Kershner
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi directed by Richard Marquand
Recommended Listening:
Recommended Podcasts:
Recommended Links:
- Creativetime: Trevor Paglen's The Last Pictures - Space, 2012
- GeeksOfDoom.com: What The Disney Acquisition Of Lucasfilm Actually Means
- New York Times: Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say
- Wired: In Billions of Years, Aliens Will Find These Photos in a Dead Satellite
Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations.
Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox
Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099
Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment
ReanimateDIGG
Topics Discussed:
- Contemporary Digg - The Preview
- Rethink Digg or Rethunk Dugg?
- The Decline and Fall of Ancient Digg
- Migratory Patterns of Internet Users
- Facebook Suburbanization
- What we're reading
Recommended Reading:
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
- Doctor Who: Shada by Douglas Adams and Gareth Roberts
- Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- 210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire by Demandt
- Second Variety by Philip K. Dick
- The Black Death and the Transformation of the West by David Herlihy
- The Manara Library Volume 1 by Milo Manara
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
- Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco
- Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi
- The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya
- The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins
- Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade
Recommended Viewing:
- The Guild created by Felicia Day
- Mad Max directed by George Miller
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior directed by George Miller
Recommended Podcasts:
Recommended Links:
- 210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire
- Daily Dot: Reddit bans "The Atlantic" and "Businessweek" in major anti-spam move
- Reddit: IAmA Ex-Digg Employee. AMA.
- Rethink Digg
- Rethink Digg: v1 Preview
- Venture Beat: Digg relaunch preview
- Venture Beat: Digg sells to Betaworks for the fire sale price of… $500K (analysis)
- Wikipedia: Knights Tempar - Arrests, charges, and dissolution
Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations.
Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox
Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099
Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment
We The Machinists…
We The Machinists... (The Thirteenth Disquisition) [ 1:21:19 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (144)
Topics Discussed:
- The Decline and Fall of Digg
- Rethink Digg or Rethunk Dugg?
- The Death of Anonynimity
- Migratory Patterns of Internet Users
- Facebook Suburbanization
- Identity Vampires
- The Dark Knight Rises
- The Aurora Shooting
- Gun Control
- The US Constitution and Amendments
- What we're reading
Recommended Reading:
- The Making of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown
- Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
- 210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire by Demandt
- Superman: Speeding Bullets (Elseworlds) by John Marc DeMatteis
- The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
- The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser
- The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya
- Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar
- Irredeemable: Volume 1 by Mark Waid
Recommended Viewing:
- Batman Begins directed by Christopher Nolan
- The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan
- The Dark Knight Rises directed by Christopher Nolan
Recommended Links:
- 210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire
- JimYounkin.com: YouTube Pushing Users Switch To Real Names
- New York Times: Before and After Massacre, Puzzles Line Suspect's Path
- Rethink Digg
- Wikipedia: List of amendments to the United States Constitution
- Wired: A Digg Power User's Inside Take on the Rise and Fall of a Social Empire
- Venture Beat: Digg sells to Betaworks for the fire sale price of… $500K (analysis)
Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations.
Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox
Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099
Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment
The Twelfth Disquisition: 210 Reasons for the decline of the Digg Empire
The Twelfth Disquisition: 210 Reasons for the decline of the Digg Empire [ 1:42:31 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (161)
Topics Discussed:
- The Decline and Fall of Digg
- The Social Fragmentation of Reddit
- Social Media as a Geopolitical Metaphor
- Migratory Patterns of Internet Users
- Demographic Focused Social Media
- Phone Booths in NY becoming Wi-Fi hot spots
- Derpa = Skynet
- The Carnation Revolution
- The Cultural Revolution in China
- Ballardian Concepts
- Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
- Evolving OWS and The Tea Party
Recommended Reading:
- Running Wild by J. G. Ballard
- The Making of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown
- Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
- Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
- 210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire by Demandt
- Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
- Notes From the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- The Fluff Principle by Paul Graham
- Portugal: The Impossible Revolution? by Phil Mailer
- Out of Mao's Shadow by Philip P. Pan
- The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
- A Study of History: Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by Arnold J. Toynbee
- A Study of History:Abridgement of Volumes VII-X by Arnold J. Toynbee
Recommended Viewing:
- Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present directed by Matthew Akers, Jeff Dupre
Recommended Links:
- 210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire
- The Atlantic: The Big Digg Lesson
- Flickr: Reserved for Lenin
- Forbes: Facebook Didn't Kill Digg, Reddit Did
- Forbes: The Lessons For Facebook, Twitter And Reddit In Digg's Demise
- Forbes: Reddit Didn't Kill Digg, Digg Killed Digg (Now With Extra Insights!)
- Gigaom: New York starts turning payphones into free Wi-fi hotspots
- Paul Graham: The Fluff Principle
- Venture Beat: Digg sells to Betaworks for the fire sale price of… $500K (analysis)
- The Wall Street Journal: Digg sells to tech development firm Betaworks for $500,000
- Wikipedia: Arnold J. Toynbee
- Wikipedia: Carnation Revolution
- Wikipedia: Marina Abramović
- Wired: Darpa's Wall-of-Sound Fire Extinguisher
Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations.
Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox
Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099
Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment
The Eleventh Disquisition: Mastignition
Topics Discussed:
- Prometheus
- Social Media as a Geopolitical Metaphor
- The Carnation Revolution
- East Timor
- The Australian SAS
- The Three Laws of Robotics
- Nixon in China
Recommended Reading:
- I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
- Nightfall by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
- Cycle of Fire by Hal Clement
- Heavy Planet: The Classic Mesklin Stories by Hal Clement
- Portugal: The Impossible Revolution? by Phil Mailer
- In the Time of Madness: Indonesia on the Edge of Chaos by Richard Lloyd Parry
Recommended Viewing:
- Bicentennial Man directed by Chris Columbus
- The Brain From Planet Arous directed by Nathan Juran
- Tour Of Duty: Australia's Secret War directed by Chris Masters
- I, Robot directed by Alex Proyas
- Prometheus directed by Ridley Scott
Recommended Links:
- Mercury News: 'Nixon in China' revived at S.F. Opera
- Reddit: "4chan is the Greece to reddit's Rome. They had most of the ideas first, and buttsecks. But reddit has nicer roads, making it easier for retards to find our way in."
- Red Letter Media: Prometheus
- Wikipedia: Carnation Revolution
- Wikipedia: Nixon Goes To China
- Wikipedia: Three Laws of Robotics
Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations.
Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox
Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099
Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment
The Tenth Disquisition: The Down Corp Movement
Topics Discussed:
- Tech Obsolescence
- Prometheus
- The Avengers
- Elysium
- Gated Communities and Elitism
- Ballard's Sci-Fi Universe
- The Reality and Influences behind Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
- The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk
- Michael Moore: The Good, The Bad, And The Opportunism
- The Evolution of Occupy Wall Street
- The EU and the Greek Elections
- Australian Parliament
- Escaping Prejudicial Attitudes
Recommended Reading:
- Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle
- Cocaine Nights by J. G. Ballard
- The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
- Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
- Millennium People by J. G. Ballard
- Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Democracy Ancient and Modern by M. I. Finley
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Price of Civilization by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Recommended Viewing:
- No Way Out directed by Roger Donaldson
- A Clockwork Orange directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Pink Floyd The Wall directed by Alan Parker
- 1984 directed by Michael Radford
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World directed by Lorene Scafaria
- Prometheus directed by Ridley Scott
- Empire of the Sun directed by Steven Spielberg
- Safety Not Guaranteed directed by Colin Trevorrow
- Fahrenheit 451 directed by François Truffaut
- The Avengers directed by Joss Whedon
Recommended Listening:
Recommended Podcasts:
Recommended Links:
- FindLaw: 1993: The Hawaii Case of Baehr v. Lewin
- Geeks Of Doom: New Synopsis For Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium'
- Instagram: The floggings will continue...
- The Oatmeal: Bearlove Good / Cancer Bad
- The Oatmeal: What should I do about FunnyJunk.com?
- YouTube: A.Tsipras: Me or Papariga for Prime Minister. Why not?
- YouTube: Jonathan Zittrain on Memes & Society
Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations.
Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox
Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099
Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment
The Ninth Disquisition: The Addictive Nature of the Meaningless Click
Topics Discussed:
- Zombie Apocalypse
- Zombies in Fiction
- Prometheus
- Fermi paradox
- Xenoarchaeology
- Star Trek
- The "Meaningless" Click in Social Media
- Digital Dualism and The Matrix
- Riots and Protests
- The Evolution of Occupy Wall Street
- US Citizenship and Immigration
- Population Density
- 4chan Culture and Reddit Culture
- Papa Doc's Army of Zombies
- Voodoo Zombies
- 4chan Culture and Reddit Culture
Recommended Reading:
- Total Eclipse by John Brunner
- The Comedians by Graham Greene
- Cell by Stephen King
- The Engines Of God by Jack McDevitt
- Protector by Larry Niven
- Alone Together by Sherry Turkle
Recommended Viewing:
- The Signal directed by David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry
- The Serpent and the Rainbow directed by Wes Craven
- Blue Sunshine directed by Jeff Lieberman
Recommended Podcast Episodes:
Recommended Links:
- The Economist: Prometheus Review
- The New Yorker: Leaving Facebookistan
- Giant Freakin Robot: Michael Dorn Is Pitching A Star Trek Movie About Worf
- Wikipedia: Fermi paradox
- Wikipedia: List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density
- Wikipedia: Methylenedioxypyrovalerone
- Wikipedia: Xenoarchaeology
Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations.
Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox
Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099
Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment
The Eighth Disquisition: Memestream
Topics Discussed:
- Memes Going Mainstream
- 4chan Culture and Reddit Culture
- Free Culture
- Is Copyright This Generation's Prohibition?
- Internet Bill of Rights
- From Airpower to Drones
- Star Trek
- Geek Debate as Religion
- Films as Propaganda
- TV cuts of movies
- Sexuality and Violence on Television
- Profitable Warfare
- Direct Democratization through Data Communication
Recommended Reading:
- The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama
- Free Culture by Larence Lessig
- The Name of the Game by Varda Liberman, Lee Ross, and Steven M. Samuels
- The Age of Airpower by Martin Van Creveld
Recommended Viewing:
- Star Trek: The Original Series (Remastered) created by Gene Roddenberry
Recommended Listening:
Recommended Podcast Episodes:
Recommended Subreddits:
Recommended Links:
- Geeks Of Doom: Movie Review - Contagion
- Liquid Feedback: Interactive Democracy - Mission Statement
- Social Media Bill Of Rights 0.1
- The Verge: At ROFLCon, watching memes go mainstream
- Wired: Pentagon quit The Avengers because of its "unreality"
- Wired: U.N. Report Declares Internet Access a Human Right
Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations.
Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox
Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099
Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment
The Seventh Disquisition: Techotomy
Topics Discussed:
- Cyborgology
- Digital Dualism vs. Augmented Reality
- Technological Conservatism
- Perceptions Of Emerging Technology
- Digital Fatigue
- 1990's "Alternative" Music
- Metal History
- Game Of Thrones
- Geek Obsessions
- Fiction Chronology
- Science Fiction vs. Skiffy
Recommended Reading:
- The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerlein
- The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
- We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick
- Manifesto for Cyborgs by Donna Haraway
- Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
- The Cult of the Amateur by Andrew Keen
- A Game Of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- A Clash Of Kings by George R. R. Martin
- Alone Together by Sherry Turkle
Recommended Viewing:
- Escape From New York directed by John Carpenter
- Pearl Jam Twenty directed by Cameron Crowe
- Metal: A Headbanger's Journey directed by Sam Dunn with Scot McFadyen
- Global Metal directed by Sam Dunn with Scot McFadyen
- Hit So Hard directed by P. David Ebersole
- Total Recall directed by Paul Verhoeven
Recommended Listening:
Recommended Links:
- Cyborgology: The Crisis of Authenticity: Symbolic Violence, Memes, Identity
- Cyborgology: Digital Dualism versus Augmented Reality
- Cyborgology: Sherry Turkle's Chronic Digital Dualism Problem
- Geeks Of Doom: Netflix Review - Pearl Jam Twenty
- New York Times: The Flight From Conversation
- Wikipedia: Cyborg Theory
- Wikipedia: Skiffy
Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations.
Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox
Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099
Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment
The Sixth Disquisition: Conceptual Innovation vs. Technological Conservatism
Topics Discussed:
- The Lost Circus
- Symbolic Interpretation
- Civil Wars
- Technological Conservatism
- Conceptual Innovation in Science Fiction
- Privacy Concerns with Advancing Technology
- Holographic Technology
Recommended Reading:
- The Atrocity Exhibition by J. G. Ballard
- Crash by J. G. Ballard
- War Fever by J. G. Ballard
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- Rising Sun by Michael Crichton
- Sphere by Michael Crichton
- Minority Report by Philip K. Dick
- Tank Girl 1 by Alan C Martin and Jamie Hewlett
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
- Alone Together by Sherry Turkle
Recommended Viewing:
- Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality lecture by Alessandro Acquisti
- Runaway directed by Michael Crichton
- The Last Circus directed by Álex de la Iglesia
- I Am Legend directed by Francis Lawrence
- Sphere directed by Barry Levinson
- Rising Sun directed by Philip Kaufman
- The Omega Man directed by Boris Sagal
- The Last Man on Earth directed by Sidney Salkow
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence directed by Steven Spielberg
- Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg
- Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg
- Tank Girl directed by Rachel Talalay
- Back to the Future Part II directed by Robert Zemeckis
Recommended Links:
- Geeks Of Doom: Netflix Review - The Last Circus
- Digital Trends: Navizon I.T.S. tracks any Wi-Fi-enabled device inside buildings
- New York Times: The Flight From Conversation
- Twitpic: $1 newbuck (front) from Artificial Intelligence
- Twitpic: $1 newbuck (back) from Artificial Intelligence
- Twitpic: $5 bill from Back To The Future II
- Twitpic: $50 bill from Back To The Future II
- Wikipedia: Swastika
- Wikipedia: Confederate Flag
- Wikipedia: Battle of Pinjarra
- YouTube: Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality
Disquisition is a podcast documenting the meandering tangents and discursive ramblings within ongoing conversations between Greg Davies aka cGt2099 and Lee Garnett aka ncomment. The show goes in depth into a variety of thoughts ranging from socio-cultural elements and political elements within social media; to history and philosophy, and a variety of book and film recommendations.
Music used in the Disquisition Intro and Closing Theme was performed and written by Terr Ciavarra aka Media Nox
Catch Greg Davies online at the Social Blend Podcast and on Twitter @cGt2099
Catch Lee Garnett online at his ncomment comics blog and on Twitter @ncomment