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:

• The Final Cut by Pink Floyd
• The Wall by Pink Floyd

Recommended Podcasts:

• No Agenda

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

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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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