We are back at it! This week, we talked about streaming content and how/why it’s important.
As I say: “Content doesn’t wait for life things.” As such, we have a whole episode for you to listen to while we wait for our lives to slow down enough to chat about content again.
David Golumbia retrospective, part 1: "Is Wario cyberlibertarian?" – Literally 2 Cents About Content!
Alex and Liz discuss only some of the works of linguist, philosopher, and academic David Golumbia, including:
The Cultural Logic of Computation (2009)
The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism (2016)
Cyberlibertarianism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology (2024)
Technology and Silicon Valley are often associated with left-leaning politics. Still, various causes (SOPA/PIPA discourse, internet publication and copyright discourse, digital innovation) have roots in libertarian or conservative and reactionary narratives. Golumbia’s work shows that it’s difficult (read: impossible) to divorce reactionary values from Silicon Valley and its staunchest supporters.
Reading list:
The Great White Robot God
A declaration of the independence of cyberspace
The Language of Science and the Science of Language: Chomsky's Cartesianism
Liz Cultivates | L.M. Fern 
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