THE CULTURE WAR REPORT
Added 2022-01-30 19:37:48 +0000 UTCBOOOMMMM!!!!! ready to get TRIGGERED?!? xD
Links:
1. The Californian Ideology by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron
2. From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism by Fred Turner
3. All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis
4. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
5. Undress or fail: Instagram’s algorithm strong-arms users into showing skin
6. Touchscreen Capture by Mark Fisher
7. I Write The Songs by Rob Horning
8. Facebook Tried to Make Its Platform a Healthier Place. It Got Angrier Instead by WSJ
9. Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show by WSJ
10. FaceBook Apologizes For Psychological Experiments on Users
Comments
just watched it ... and ... well - your foresight is ... immense!
Mario
2025-01-06 14:34:55 +0000 UTCDamn, the hope discussion at the end got me : ) Great work.
Myles McDonough
2023-08-04 20:44:58 +0000 UTCFucking Legendary!! Amazing work
Kappy Wappy with a Crappy Lappy going Fappy Fappy
2022-07-28 22:21:10 +0000 UTCI cried tears
2022-03-07 20:17:20 +0000 UTCAmazing thank you so much!
2022-02-28 15:44:07 +0000 UTCBanger post. Very succinct.
Alex Harris
2022-02-19 02:05:09 +0000 UTCFred Turner 🖖🏻
2022-02-13 02:06:52 +0000 UTCThis was insightful and relevant as always. You definitely hit the nail on the head when it comes to UX design in tech, and as a designer myself, I know it's true that everything is intentionally created to capture the most attention possible because that's what you're tasked with. I think many designers are tricked by that notion that technology is neutral, which is ironic considering that many of them come from a background of industrial design which focuses on how every detail of a physical product has meaning and intention behind it. There's a pervasive feeling in the design field that somehow we're above the politics and constraints of society and if we just use our rational mind to create things (tools, services, etc.) we can do no harm. Design schools are slowly getting better at calling these things out but it's painful to see my peers and my field so unaware of their responsibility and it was so refreshing to hear your perspective on it.
2022-02-05 15:58:52 +0000 UTCThanks, Brad. Nice seeing Adam Curtis in the references, as you feel like a spiritual successor. This is one of your best yet
2022-02-03 22:54:01 +0000 UTCThat was excellent, particularly the bit of hope at the end—one I've been thinking about frequently over the past year: why don't we all just walk away? Thanks, Brad.
2022-02-03 21:47:48 +0000 UTCAnother great video!
Logan
2022-02-03 15:35:19 +0000 UTCYou oughta consider making feature length docs
Turnip.
2022-02-02 22:02:16 +0000 UTCbrad you didn't put a cool montage at the end and now im canceling my entire patreon account
2022-02-02 18:56:44 +0000 UTCconsequences will never be the same after this one
2022-02-02 16:39:38 +0000 UTCThis is too good we need scripts man !
Martin
2022-02-02 16:02:14 +0000 UTCpooping back and forth, forever
Teun
2022-02-02 10:31:53 +0000 UTCBradam Curtis! Love it. Seems like it is time to socialize technology and put Silicon Valley in the crosshairs: https://techaction.nyc/
Will Luckman
2022-02-02 05:23:31 +0000 UTCAbsolutely killer research and reporting
2022-02-01 20:51:31 +0000 UTCTORE!!!
2022-02-01 18:17:11 +0000 UTCIs there references somewhere
sdfgsdfgsdfgsdfg
2022-02-01 01:37:29 +0000 UTCIt's funny how you name-drop crucial pieces of socio-political philosophy at what seems to be a video aimed at the common joe. The spectacle. Historical Materialism. etc... this is great though, these videos feel like the airbag deploying right before your head smashes into the steering wheel, the reality.
2022-01-31 23:50:57 +0000 UTCGreat and thought provoking stuff. It would probably feel self-indulgent to do, but I think your videos earn some kind of an reflective musical outro where the viewer is left to sit back and take in the ideas for like 30 seconds.
Karol Wawrzyniak
2022-01-31 23:07:24 +0000 UTC
