Winning Slowly Podcast
1) 8.23: Things Get Weird When You Add New Technology
Reviewing what we learned in 2020—and ranking what we read!
2) 8.22: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
Neal Stephenson at double speed and with a smile on his face.
3) 8.21: Twitter and Tear Gas—Examined
The things we learned from Zeynep Tüfeçki’s examination of social media and sociopolitical change. (We liked this book a lot.)
4) 8.20: Twitter and Tear Gas—Explained
Walking through Zeynep Tüfeçki’s masterful explanation of the relationship between social media and protest movements.
5) 8.19: Contact—Examined
Thinking about Carl Sagan's views on belief, and how they relate to religion and science
6) 8.18: Contact—Explained
Another book from the ’80s, but hey: at least this one is fiction! We read Carl Sagan’s 1985 novel Contact and watched the 1995 movie of the same name. In this episode, our overview of the book: its p...Show More
7) 8.17: Evolution as a Religion—Examined
We argue with Mary Midgley on how she did what she did, more than what she did.
8) 8.16: Evolution as a Religion—Explained
What had Mary Midgley so incredibly angry in the 1980’s, and what did she do about it?
9) 8.15: The Real World of Technology—Examined
We point out several concerns that we have with the arguments Dr. Franklin makes in her lectures-turned-book: the ineffectiveness of her holistic and prescriptive technologies frame, her deeply cynica...Show More
10) 8.14: The Real World of Technology—Explained
The Real World of Technology, Ursula Franklin Show Notes Cold War peace movement Peace movements in Canada Second-wave feminism (to which Dr. Franklin’s feminism approximately belongs to) Third-wave...Show More