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General Intellect Unit

Podcast of the Cybernetic Marxists. Examining the intersection of Technology, (Left) Politics, and Philosophy

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Extra - Book Giveaway: People's Republic of Walmart Mar 16, 2019

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Hey there folks!

We're giving away two copies of People's Republic of Walmart, by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski.

All of our patrons will automatically be included in the draw, while non-patrons can enter their email address in this form to add themselves to the draw.

Winners will be selected at random on the 31st of March, and will be contacted via Patreon message or email to arrange delivery. To keep this fair, if we don't hear back from an entrant within two weeks, we'll draw another winner for that book.

Why are we doing this? Well, Shane accidentally placed three separate pre-orders for this book over the course of two years, so there's two spare copies floating around.

Check out this post on our Patreon page for more details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/25294050

031 - Designing Freedom Mar 13, 2019

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In which we discuss Stafford Beer's 1974 book "Designing Freedom". Beer makes the case for a total overhaul of our institutions and organisational methods, by way of management cybernetics.

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030 - Organising Tech, with Wendy Liu & Jason Prado Feb 20, 2019

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In which we talk to Wendy Liu and Jason Prado about tech, worker organising, and open source.

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029 - The Player of Games, with Fraser Simons Feb 06, 2019

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In which we are joined by Fraser Simons to discuss The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks.

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028 - Xenofeminism, Part 2 Jan 23, 2019

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In which we continue our discussion of the Xenofeminist Manifesto, with Kira Magrann.

The next book we read will be Designing Freedom, by Stafford Beer. If you want to read along with us before the episode airs, you can get the book free from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/DesigningFreedom

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027 - Xenofeminism, Part 1 Jan 09, 2019

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In which we are joined by Kira Magrann to discuss the Xenofeminist Manifesto.

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026 - Reflections On Metaphorum 2018 Dec 19, 2018

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In which we discuss Shane's experience at the Metaphorum Conference 2018.

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025 - Sketches Of Another Future, ft. Andrew Pickering Nov 28, 2018

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In which we interview Andrew Pickering, author of The Cybernetic Brain.

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024 - Transforming Technology, Part 3 Nov 14, 2018

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In which we conclude our reading of Transforming Technology.

This chapter ties up the theory of the Technical Code, explores Formal and Substantive Bias, and opens up opportunity for radical change of technological society.

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Extra - State Of The Unit 2018 Nov 01, 2018

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An extra episode, for our one-year anniversary, in which we talk about scheduling issues and plans for the year ahead.

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