Winning Slowly

Show Notes

You heard that right, everyone. Who knows, maybe we’ll be back someday, though!

(Long-time listeners: stick around for the last bit of this episode. Trust us.)

Music

“Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho.

Something special

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Reviewing what we learned in 2020—and ranking what we read!

So many books!

Also: MARIMBAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Show Notes

The books we covered this season:

Phaedrus, Plato: 8.02, 8.03

The Postmodern Condition, Lyotard: 8.04, 8.05

The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil: 8.06, 8.07

Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton: 8.08, 8.09

The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, Elizabeth Eisenstein: 8.10, 8.11

Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness, Simone Browne: 8.12, 8.13

The Real World of Technology, Ursula Franklin: 8.14, 8.15

Evolution as a Religion, Mary Midgley: 8.16, 8.17

Contact, Carl Sagan: 8.18, 8.19

Twitter and Tear Gas, Zeynep Tüfekçi: 8.20, 8.21

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan: 8.22

Stephen’s list

Twitter and Tear Gas

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore

The Printing Press as an Agent of Change

The Postmodern Condition

Contact

Jurassic Park

Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness

The Real World of Technology

Phaedrus

The Age of Spiritual Machines

Evolution as a Religion

Chris’s list

Twitter and Tear Gas

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore

The Printing Press as an Agent of Change

Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness

Jurassic Park

Phaedrus

Contact

The Real World of Technology

The Postmodern Condition

The Age of Spiritual Machines

Evolution as a Religion

Credits

Music

“Foxglove”, by Ryan Dugré. Used by permission, please don’t use without permission.

“Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music… as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.

Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:

Daniel Ellcey

Douglas Campos

Jake Grant

Marnix Klooster

Spencer Smith

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Neal Stephenson at double speed and with a smile on his face.

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan

Show Notes

Robin Sloan

Sourdough

Ruby

George Saunders

Cory Doctorow

Credits

Music

“Getaway Car”, by Ezekiel Songs originally written by Make Sure. Used by permission, please don’t use without permission.

“Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music… as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.

Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:

Daniel Ellcey

Douglas Campos

Jake Grant

Marnix Klooster

Spencer Smith

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The things we learned from Zeynep Tüfekçi’s examination of social media and sociopolitical change. (We liked this book a lot.)

Twitter and Tear Gas, Zeynep Tüfekçi

Show Notes

Zeynep Tüfekçi

her recently-launched newsletter Insight

52-Cent Party

Cultural Revolution

Tianenmen Square

Twitter and the 2020 US election

Twitter’s own take

Hunter Biden

Electoral college

Ben Thompson

Matt Levine’s newsletter Money Stuff

His latest issue before going on parental leave back in August

profiled in the New York Times

Matching blazers

For the ’gram

Upcoming Book

December (8.22 and 8.23): Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan.

Credits

Music

“Drop Off”, by Vertaal, feat. Severin Bruhin & Loren Hignell Used by permission, please don’t use without permission.

“Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music… as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.

Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:

Daniel Ellcey

Douglas Campos

Jake Grant

Marnix Klooster

Spencer Smith

If you’d like to support the show, you can make a pledge at Patreon or give directly via Square Cash.

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Walking through Zeynep Tüfekçi’s masterful explanation of the relationship between social media and protest movements.

Twitter and Tear Gas, Zeynep Tüfekçi

Show Notes

Things we mentioned on the show, in the order we mentioned them:

Zeynep Tüfekçi

her recently-launched newsletter Insight

modern Turkey

Zapatistas

Occupy Wall Street

1999 World Trade Organization protests

Arab Spring

Tea Party

China’s treatment of the Uyghurs

Capacities/capabilities

The Capability Approach, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Amartya Sen

American Civil Rights Movement

March on Washington

Montgomery Bus Boycott

John Lewis

The Internet Archive

Upcoming Book

December (8.22 and 8.23): Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan.

Credits

Music

“Ode to Youth”, by Liam Mour Used by permission, please don’t use without permission.

“Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music… as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.

Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:

Daniel Ellcey

Douglas Campos

Jake Grant

Marnix Klooster

Spencer Smith

If you’d like to support the show, you can make a pledge at Patreon or give directly via Square Cash.

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We love to hear your thoughts. Shoot us an email, or hit us up on Twitter or Facebook!