Also: MARIMBAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Show Notes

The books we covered this season:

1. Phaedrus, Plato: 8.02, 8.03
2. The Postmodern Condition, Lyotard: 8.04, 8.05
3. The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil: 8.06, 8.07
4. Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton: 8.08, 8.09
5. The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Elizabeth Eisenstein: 8.10, 8.11
6. Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone Browne: 8.12, 8.13
7. The Real World of Technology, Ursula Franklin: 8.14, 8.15
8. Evolution as a Religion, Mary Midgley: 8.16, 8.17
9. Contact, Carl Sagan: 8.18, 8.19
10. Twitter and Tear Gas, Zeynep Tüfekçi: 8.20, 8.21
11. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan: 8.22

Stephen’s list

1. Twitter and Tear Gas
2. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
3. The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
4. The Postmodern Condition
5. Contact
6. Jurassic Park
7. Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness
8. The Real World of Technology
9. Phaedrus
10. The Age of Spiritual Machines
11. Evolution as a Religion

Chris’s list

1. Twitter and Tear Gas
2. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
3. The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
4. Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness
5. Jurassic Park
6. Phaedrus
7. Contact
8. The Real World of Technology
9. The Postmodern Condition
10. The Age of Spiritual Machines
11. Evolution as a Religion

Credits

Music

• “Foxglove”, by Ryan Dugré. Used by permission, please don’t use without permission.
• “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music… as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.

Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:

• Daniel Ellcey
• Douglas Campos
• Jake Grant
• Marnix Klooster
• Spencer Smith

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