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 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 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