S01E42
Moira Weigel on Palantir, Tech-Nationalism & Aggression in the Life-World
In her work Moira Weigel takes a close look at the liaison between technology and nationalism. For this the dissertation of Palantir’s CEO, Alex C. Karp, is a surprisingly revealing document.
Shownotes
Moira Weigel’s Website:http://www.moiraweigel.com/
Moira on Twitter:https://twitter.com/moiragweigel
Moira Weigel at Harvard:https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/moira-weigel-0
"Voices from the Valley. Tech Workers Talk About What They Do--and How They Do It." (2020) by Ben Taroff and Moira Weigel:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374538675
"Palantir Goes to the Frankfurt School" (2020) by Moira Weigel:https://www.boundary2.org/2020/07/moira-weigel-palantir-goes-to-the-frankfurt-school/Moira (full article)
"Labor of Love. The Invention of Dating." (2018) by Moira Weigel:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374713133
German translation: „Dating. Eine Kulturgeschichte“:https://www.randomhouse.de/Taschenbuch/Dating/Moira-Weigel/btb/e517578.rhd
Logic Magazine, founded by Moira Weigel:https://logicmag.io/
Homepage Data Societyhttps://datasociety.net/Literature mentioned in the Interview:
"Aggression in der Lebenswelt: Die Erweiterung des Parsonsschen Konzepts der Aggression durch die Beschreibung des Zusammenhangs von Jargon, Aggression und Kultur" (2002) by Alexander C. Karp:https://d-nb.info/966060652/34 (PDF)
"Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream" (2017) by Joseph Bernstein:https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/heres-how-breitbart-and-milo-smuggled-white-nationalism (full article online)
"The Jargon of Authenticity" (1973, orig.: 1964) by Theodor W. Adorno:https://nupress.northwestern.edu/content/jargon-authenticity
German: "Jargon der Eigentlichkeit - Zur deutschen Ideologie" (1964): https://www.suhrkamp.de/buecher/jargon_der_eigentlichkeit-theodor_w_adorno_10091.html
"The Californian Ideology" (1996) by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249004663_The_Californian_Ideology (PDF link)http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/the-californian-ideology-2/ (full article online)
"The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" (2019) by Shoshana Zuboff:https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/
"Subprime Attention Crisis. Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet" (2020) by Tim Hwang: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374538651
Additional Shownotes:
Homepage Tech Workers Coalition:https://techworkerscoalition.org/
Wiki on Techno-nationalism:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-nationalism
Wiki on Peter Thiel, Co-Founder of Paypal and Palantir Technologies:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thielhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies
Wiki on Nick Land, philosopher & Co-Founder CCRU:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Landhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetic_Culture_Research_Unit
Wiki on Curtis Yarvin (aka Mencius Moldbug):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin
Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics:
Episode 16 with Richard Barbrook on Imaginary Futures:https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e16-richard-barbrook
(German) Episode 22 mit Anna-Verena Nosthoff und Felix Maschewski zu digitaler Verführung, sozialer Kontrolle und der Gesellschaft der Wearables:https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e22-nosthoff-maschewski
(German) Episode 29 mit Thorsten Thiel zu Demokratie in der digitalen Konstellation:https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e29-thorsten-thiel
(German) Episode 30 mit Paul Feigelfeld zu alternativen Zukünften, Unvollständigkeit & dem Sein in der Technik:https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e30-paul-feigelfeld
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