The Return of Disquisition: Devastation in 3D
Topics Discussed:
- Sobering Thoughts
- Star Wars
- Canon for Geeks
- Riddley Walker
- Trevor Paglen’s Last Pictures Satellite Project
- Audience-Free Talk Shows
- Attention Spans
- Celestis
- Colonialism and Imperialism
- The Decline of Violence and War
- Music We've Been Listening To
Recommended Reading:
- Sobering Thoughts by Greg Davies
- Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide by Joshua S. Goldstein
- Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
- Signal To Noise by Eric S. Nylund
- The Last Pictures by Trevor Paglen
- Celestis by Paul Park
- The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
Recommended Viewing:
- Late Late show Stephen Fry PT1 2/23/10B hosted by Craig Ferguson
- No One Survives - Music Video by Nekrogoblikon
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace directed by George Lucas
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones directed by George Lucas
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith directed by George Lucas
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope directed by George Lucas
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back directed by Irvin Kershner
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi directed by Richard Marquand
Recommended Listening:
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Recommended Links:
- Creativetime: Trevor Paglen's The Last Pictures - Space, 2012
- GeeksOfDoom.com: What The Disney Acquisition Of Lucasfilm Actually Means
- New York Times: Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say
- Wired: In Billions of Years, Aliens Will Find These Photos in a Dead Satellite
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