29. Sabotage Feels Good (patreon teaser)

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 10:29 p.m.

b'We offer the case for a techno-politics of unmaking \\u2014 quite literally deconstructing capital \\u2014 to combat the innovation fetishism that masks the social relationships inherent in all technology. We also talk about examples of Luddism in action at Amazon warehouses. There\\u2019s some great tangents along the way (the acting roles that Ethan Hawke has been taking lately are surprisingly, righteously Luddish). We wrap up with an exciting reading series of a shockingly prescient essay from the old radical computer industry magazine, Processed World.\\n\\nSome stuff we reference:\\n\\u2022 Is it OK to be a Luddite? by Thomas Pynchon: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/18/reviews/pynchon-luddite.html \\n\\u2022 Surviving Amazon by Sam Adler Bell: https://logicmag.io/bodies/surviving-amazon/\\n\\u2022 World Processor by Jacob Silverman: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/world-processor \\n\\u2022 Sabotage: The Ultimate Video Game by Gidget Digit: http://www.processedworld.com/Issues/issue05/05sabotage.htm \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl).'