The Tao of WAO

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  • A podcast about the intersection of technology, society, and internet culture – with a dash of philosophy and art for good measure. Hosts: Laura Hilliger & Doug Belshaw (We Are Open Co-op)
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  • S09 Episode 06: Charcuterie of Asshattery

    S09 Episode 06: Charcuterie of Asshattery
    Apr 29 2024
    This episode features a conversation between Doug Belshaw and Laura Hilliger, with the key points of discussion being Laura’s anger over a minor incident (hence the episode title), poetry, yoga, electric scooters, book recommendations, and ‘debogging yourself’. Support this podcast! https://opencollective.com/weareopen Links and notes: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2024/04/12/tearing-your-anger.html Wislawa Szymborska Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/06/13/a-disgruntled-federal-employees-1980s-desk-calendar https://kottke.org/23/03/notes-art https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2024/04/06/debogging-yourself.html https://buster.wiki/blog/2013/08-24-live-like-a-hydra/ https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2024/04/25/optimising-for-the.html https://www.thejaymo.net/2024/04/21/336-where-interests-take-you/ https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2024/04/25/book-reading-and.html https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2024/04/24/realtime-deepfake-videos.html https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2024/04/10/a-pharmacology-of.html https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-for-under-10000/
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    51 mins
  • S09 Episode 05: Yacht Money

    S09 Episode 05: Yacht Money
    Apr 22 2024
    Ramble chat season :) In this episode Doug and Laura discuss corporatizing learning and credentialing, volunteerism and the fact that all the answers are already out there.
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    44 mins
  • S09 Episode 4: Adam Greenfield

    S09 Episode 4: Adam Greenfield
    Apr 15 2024
    Laura and Doug speak with the author of Radical Technologies: The design of everyday life, Adam Greenfield. A Verso author, Adam has a new book coming out called Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in A World on Fire Adam Greenfield: https://speedbird.wordpress.com/ Favourite book: Stephen Mitchell translation of Tao Te Ching: https://stephenmitchellbooks.com/translations-adaptations/tao-te-ching/ Lifehouses - https://speedbird.wordpress.com/2023/04/10/the-lifehouse-distributed-community-support-centers-for-the-long-emergency/ https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/from-churches-to-lifehouses Climate change and doomerism - https://social.coop/@adamgreenfield/111942463874510426 Bruce Sterling - "Viridian Green" thinking/design: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viridian_design_movement Arcosanti - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcosanti AI and Object Horror - https://mastodon.social/@apike/111939446130457407 AI and pattern recognition - https://social.coop/@adamgreenfield/111952644538668726 Support this podcast and other We Are Open projects and products at https://opencollective.com/weareopen
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    59 mins
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