17Apr/121
The Fifth Disquisition: E(x)ternal September
Topics Discussed:
- Facebook: Identity Vampires
- Eternal September
- Urbanization vs. Suburbanization in Social Media
- Instagram as Artificial Nostalgic Nationalism
- Stereotyping
- Looper
- Total Recall
- Philip K. Dick
- Fans as Critics
- Time Travel
- Doctor Who
- Game Of Thrones
- Serialization = Franchise
- Anonymous
- Punk Rock Attitude
Recommended Reading:
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
- Minority Report by Philip K. Dick
- We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
- Terminator: Attack of the Drone by Mohsin Hamid
- The Invention of Tradition by Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger
- Crabgrass Frontier by Kenneth T. Jackson
- A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
- Watchmen by Alan Moore
- Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age by Clay Shirky
Recommended Viewing:
- Doctor Who produced by Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat
- The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye directed by Marie Losier
- Star Trek: The Next Generation created by Gene Roddenberry
- Metal: A Headbanger's Journey directed by Sam Dunn
- Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott
- Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg
- Total Recall directed by Paul Verhoeven
Recommended Listening:
Recommended Links:
- The Atlantic: Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?
- Foreign Affairs: Hacks of Valor
- ncomment: The Digg Conservatives
- September 4486, 1993
- Wikipedia: Eternal September
- Wikipedia: Pansexuality
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