a review of Jussi Parikka, A Geology of Media (University of Minnesota Press, 2015) and The Anthrobscene (University of Minnesota Press, 2015) by Zachary Loeb ~ Despite the aura of ethereality that clings to the Internet,… Read More ›
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The Social Construction of Acceleration
a review of Judy Wajcman, Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism (Chicago, 2014) by Zachary Loeb ~ Patience seems anachronistic in an age of high speed downloads, same day deliveries, and on-demand assistants who can be… Read More ›
Towards a Bright Mountain: Laudato Si’ as Critique of Technology
by Zachary Loeb ~ “We hate the people who make us form the connections we do not want to form.” – Simone Weil 1. Repairing Our Common Home When confronted with the unsettling reality of the world it is easy… Read More ›
A Dark, Warped Reflection
a review of Charlie Brooker, writer & producer, Black Mirror (BBC/Zeppotron, 2011- ) by Zachary Loeb ~ Depending upon which sections of the newspaper one reads, it is very easy to come away with two rather conflicting views of the… Read More ›
Cultivating Reform and Revolution
a review of William E. Connolly, The Fragility of Things: Self-Organizing Processes, Neoliberal Fantasies, and Democratic Activism (Duke University Press, 2013) by Zachary Loeb ~ Mountains and rivers, skyscrapers and dams – the world is filled with objects and structures… Read More ›
Warding Off General Ludd: The Absurdity of “The Luddite Awards”
By Zachary Loeb ~ Of all the dangers looming over humanity no threat is greater than that posed by the Luddites. If the previous sentence seems absurdly hyperbolic, know that it only seems that way because it is, in fact,… Read More ›
Program and Be Programmed
a review of Wendy Chun, Programmed Visions: Software and Memory (MIT Press, 2013) by Zachary Loeb ~ Type a letter on a keyboard and the letter appears on the screen, double-click on a program’s icon and it opens, use the… Read More ›
All Hitherto Existing Social Media
a review of Christian Fuchs, Social Media: A Critical Introduction by Zachary Loeb ~ Legion are the books and articles describing the social media that has come before. Yet the tracts focusing on Friendster, LiveJournal, or MySpace now appear as… Read More ›
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