Patreon Preview 87. TMK Book Club, part 6 (ft. David A. Banks)

Published: July 17, 2021, 9:47 p.m.

b'For a blockbuster of a book club episode, we\\u2019re joined by friend of the show David Banks to discuss Chapter 6 of Autonomous Technology: \\u201cTechnological Politics.\\u201d We get into an analysis of reverse adaptation in large-scale socio-technical systems, the ways in which human ends become subjugated to technological means, and the relationship between the imperatives of the technological order and the state. Plus, what Marxist-Leninism could learn from a theory of technological politics\\u2014and vice versa. You can find a free pdf of the whole book here: https://www.ratical.org/ratville/AoS/AutonomousTechnology.pdf \\n\\n\\u2022 Read David\\u2019s article: Lines of Power: Availability to Networks as a Social Phenomenon https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6283 \\n\\u2022 Follow David: https://twitter.com/DA_Banks \\n\\u2022 Listen to Iron Weeds: https://twitter.com/ironweedspod \\n\\u2022 Listen to Reaction: https://twitter.com/reactionpodcast \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nGrab your TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)'