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 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