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

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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

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