The Third Disquisition: rEvolution Social
Topics Discussed:
- Universal Health Care
- Defense Spending
- Love and War
- Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
- Mr. Nobody
- Meme Based Social Activism
- Social Media Cultural Identity
- Social Media Conflicts And Wars
- Evolution of Formalized Social Media Political Structure
- Marginalia
- Education
- "Mommy Porn"
- Sharing Buttons / XKCD
- Google+
Recommended Reading:
- The Magic Lantern by Timothy Garton Ash
- The God of Lost Dreams by Will Griffith
Recommended Viewing:
- Threads directed by Mick Jackson
- The Day After directed by Nicholas Meyer
- Mad Max directed by George Miller
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior directed by George Miller
- Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome directed by George Miller
- Raymond Briggs' When The Wind Blows directed by Jimmy T. Murakami
- Sunshine directed by Istvan Szabo
- Mr. Nobody directed by Jaco Von Dormael
Recommended Subreddits:
Recommended Links:
- Guardian: The rise of 'mommy porn' - UK writer lures Hollywood with Fifty Shades
- Huffington Post: The Power of Youth - How Invisible Children Orchestrated Kony 2012
- New York Times: New Site Wants to Make the Serious as Viral as the Shallow
- xkcd: Share Buttons
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 Second Disquisition: Self-Replicating Automata
Topics Discussed:
- Kony 2012
- Twitter Trends
- Botnets and Spam
- Prometheus film trailer and the Alien series
- Dark Horse Comics
- Encyclopedia Britannica ceases printed publication
- The rise and development of Wikipedia
- Political dominance within social news networks
- The Evolving Internet
- The Facebook "Borg"
- Diaspora and Ilya Zhitomirskiy
- Christopher Dombres - Activist and Artist
Recommended Reading:
- The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom by Yochai Benkler
- The Defenders by Philip K. Dick
- Second Variety by Philip K. Dick
- Disturbing The Universe by Freeman Dyson
- Batman verses Predator by Dave Gibbons
- War With The Robots by Harry Harrison
- Mapping Russian Twitter by John Kelly, Vladimir Barash, Karina Alexanyan, Bruce Etling, Robert Faris, Urs Gasser, and John Palfrey
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- The Company of the Dead by David Kowalski
- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- The Hard Goodbye: Sin City (Book 1) by Frank Miller
- The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom by Evgeny Morozov
- The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You by Eli Pariser
- Alien Vs. Predator by Randy Stradley, Phill Norwood, and Chris Warner
Recommended Viewing:
- Being John Malkovich directed by Spike Jonze
- I'm Here directed by Spike Jonze
- Sin City directed by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo directed by Niels Arden Oplev
- Alien directed by Ridley Scott
- Prometheus Trailer directed by Ridley Scott
Recommended Subreddits:
Recommended Links:
- Christopher Dombres @ Flickr
- The Death of the Cyberflneur
- Robotic Underground Munitions
- KONY2012: See How Invisible Networks Helped a Campaign Capture the World's Attention
- Wikipedia and the Internet just killed 244-year-old Encyclopaedia Britannica
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 First Disquisition: Reactive Political Hysteria
Topics Discussed:
- Social Media reaction to Kony 2012
- Reactive political hysteria
- World War I
- Australian cultural reaction to war
- Vietnam War
- Current conflicts
- Korea
- China
- Competitive Authoritarianism
- Recommended Books and Films
- Reddit and its future
Recommended Reading:
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The God Of Lost Dreams by Will Griffith
- Ice by Anna Kavan
- Celestis by Paul Park
- The Ideology of the Offensive by Jack Snyder
- The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
- The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman
Recommended Viewing:
- I'm Here directed by Spike Jonze
- Mr. Nobody directed by Jaco Van Dormael
- No Robots directed by Yunghan Chang and Kimberly Knoll
Recommended Listening:
- ...And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by June Tabor
- ...And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by The Pogues
- I Was Only 19 by Redgum
- Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel
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 Disquisition Begins
What can you be, as you journey deep into the void of thought and reflection? Could there have been any other way? The only way in, is through...
Presenting the Disquisition Podcast
A long while ago, Lee was a guest on Social Blend, and after recording, he and I stayed on the call for hours. It was one of the most stimulating and interesting conversations ever.
Then a while back, Lee released the conclusion for his War comic saga depicting the great internet war between Reddit and Digg. We had him on the show again to discuss the comic.
But it happened again. Post-show, Lee and I were on the line for at least 4 hours - discussing a whole range of issues and ideals; an especially interesting conversation.
We decided to turn this experience into a podcast. No show notes. No ideas as to where we're going. Each week, we jump on a call and hit record. We have no idea how it's going to turn out, but essentially it will be a raw, honest conversation, with me also facilitating the discussion to get some of Lee's profound and intelligent ideas across to people.
What are some of things we'll probably discuss? A whole range of things. Judging by our previous conversations: the development of cultural phenomena in social media, history, philosophy, ideologies, books you should probably check out, movies you've probably never heard of - and the odd mention of Star Wars, pop culture, and music.
The first show is to be recorded tonight, and will be posted here tomorrow, Tuesday, March 13.