We The Machinists…

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)

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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