Tag Archives: capitalism

Race, Technology, and the Word “Traditional” in the World-System

Wallerstein, Historical Capitalism (Verso, 1982)

“Traditional” is one of the more interesting words to keep track of in contemporary discourse, particularly when it comes up in discussions of technology. For the most part, it is used as a slur. It is a word used to disparage an object or practice, to compare it to whatever one wants to posit as […]

Posted in definitions that matter, digital humanities, rhetoric of computation, theory | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Response

The Politics of Bitcoin: Expanded Bibliography with Live Links

Politics of Bitcoin

Production constraints and editorial guidelines required The Politics of Bitcoin, in both its print and electronic versions, to include only the base URLs of online materials referenced in the book, and even in the electronic version these aren’t live links. In addition, space constraints meant that some work valuable to me in composing the book […]

Posted in bitcoin, cyberlibertarianism | Also tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Glasslinks: Privacy, Glassholes, Panics, & Take-Backs

google glass

A colleague asked if I had any links to writings about Google Glass, so I dug around in my files and found quite a few things. I thought they might come in handy for others doing research on the topic. I have even more, but this is overwhelming enough as it is. The final pair […]

Posted in cyberlibertarianism, google, materality of computation, privacy, rhetoric of computation, surveillance, we are building big brother | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Interview: The ‘Sharing’ Hype

From “The ‘Sharing’ Hype,” an interview published today at In These Times conducted by Rebecca Burns with me, Neal Gorenflo, co-founder and publisher of Shareable Magazine, and the SolidarityNYC collective, which supports the growth of cooperatives in New York City. “Sharing” can be seen as a form of resistance to the capitalist economy. But the “sharing […]

Posted in cyberlibertarianism, rhetoric of computation | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Interview: On Hacking, Decentralization, Power, Digital Democracy

A few excerpts from an interview at Dichtung Digital: Journal für Kunst und Kultur digitaler Medien, with questions asked by Roberto Simanowski. My least favorite digital neologism is “hacker.” The word has so many meanings, and yet it is routinely used as if its meaning was unambiguous. Wikipedia has dozens of pages devoted to the […]

Posted in cyberlibertarianism, rhetoric of computation | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Morozov on the “Digital Dictatorship”

Sometimes, the truth is just out there. I’ve been learning a lot from Evgeny Morozov for a while and i’d like to think that his work fits with a slightly disturbing clarity with my recent book The Cultural Logic of Computation and the recent work of a number of other second (third?) wave digital theorists […]

Posted in "social media", cyberlibertarianism, google, rhetoric of computation | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“This Is Not Going to Scale” (Rhetoric of Computation #1)

Preserved for its richness of examples of computational rhetoric and its imbrication with capital. Published in Wired 15:08 (Jul 24, 2007)http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-08/ff_sheep?currentPage=all How Madison Avenue Is Wasting Millions on a Deserted Second Life Frank Rose 07.24.07 | 2:00 AM Illustrations by Eddie Guy Embedding Ads Into Games Seemed Like a Good Idea For months, Michael Donnelly […]

Posted in information doesn't want to be free, rhetoric of computation | Also tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment