Sneaks and geeks
Today: At the Flaming Hydra Roundtable Podcast, Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University Dave Karpf gabs with Maria Bustillos about the manifesto-crazed maniacs of Silicon Valley.
Issue No. 549
PODCAST! The Book that Should Have Been a MAGA Hat
Dave Karpf and Maria Bustillos
The Book that Should Have Been a MAGA Hat
Professor of political communication at George Washington University Dave Karpf talks with Maria Bustillos about Palantir CEO Alexander Karp’s weirdo manifesto/defense contract pitch, and the “small-minded people with such large bank accounts” of Silicon Valley.
“So much of what we are calling capitalism today is just weird gambling shit!” — Dave Karp(f)
(TIL THE F IS SILENT Y’ALL so please remember: Good Karpf, Bad Karp.)
Joe MacLeod pressed the RECORD button.
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Flaming Hydra
MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST
“Palantir Goes to the Frankfurt School,” by Moira Weigel
“Survival tips for Sebastian Gorka, PhD,” by Daniel W. Drezner
The Technological Republic, by Alex Karp
“The Three Types of Money Behind Silicon Valley’s Rise,” by Dave Karpf
Alex Karp’s 22-part Twitter Manifesto
“Aggression in der Lebenswelt,” the PhD dissertation of Alexander C. Karp
“The Techno-Optimist Manifesto,” by Marc Andreessen
“A.J. Daulerio, bloodied but unbowed,” by Maria Bustillos
Close to the Machine, by Ellen Ullman
The Contrarian, by Max Chafkin
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Vanishing Culture Book Launch!
by The Editors
The Internet Archive’s Vanishing Culture project brought together dozens of voices dedicated to the preservation of digital media: librarians, archivists, journalists, curators, and scholars and historians in the fields of software, video games, film, broadcasting, digital humanities, book arts and much more—a fascinating interdisciplinary group, all sharing ideas, experiences, and writing on the vital importance of preserving our fragile digital history.
The effort expanded into a PDF book of essays including one by Hydra Maria Bustillos, alongside many luminaries including Digital Librarian Brewster Kahle, media scholar Claire Wardle, archivist and filmmaker Rick Prelinger, and video game designer Jordan Mechner. The collection was edited by humanities scholar Luca Messarra, the Archive’s Director of Library Services, Chris Freeland, and policy attorney Juliya Ziskina. And tomorrow will see the publication of a real live paper book, published by the Archive, and designed by Freya Morgan and our very own Joe MacLeod.
“I’m jazzed about it,” Chris Freeland tells us. “We’re committed to the work, we’re committed to this message. We’re trying to find all of the ways that we can let people know, to raise the alarm, to ring the bell of this challenge.”
If you are in San Francisco tomorrow, April 23, please head over to the book launch! Tickets are $10, and the event will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Internet Archive headquarters on Funston Avenue.
Congratulations to all who collaborated, and who are joining forces to build a brave new world of publishing.
There will be a livestream of the event here:
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