What’s up with the reactionary moment we’re in? Is it reasonable to talk about “blue-on-blue” conflict or sectarian violence, or is that catastrophizing?
Mentioned in this episode
Electric Dreams: short films adapted from Philip K. Dick stories (streaming on Amazon Prime Video), including Autofac, a film about a factory that continues to produce goods according to the principles of consumer culture, even though there are few humans left on earth to consume what it produces.
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): “…a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that matches or surpasses human cognitive capabilities across a wide range of cognitive tasks.”
The singularity: “a hypothetical point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable consequences for human civilization.”
Severance (TV Series) — What are the elevator tones telling us?
Blade Runner Voight-Kampf test — Deckard/Rachael, Leon/Tyrell Corp
A mother of a trans girl testifies in front of the GA State Senate, noting that the trans issue was, conceived, message-tested, and intentionally designed to mobilize voters.
Dark Winds (TV show) - A Navajo police procedural
Jake Auchincloss on the Ezra Klein Show
Tristan Harris and Daniel Schmachtenberger on Joe Rogan
The Age of Anger by Pankaj Mishra, a book that provides historical context and parallels for the current reactionary movement and widespread ressentiment
John Ganz on reactionary modernism and the tech bro fascist turn
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
