The Art of Loving

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Criticism of systems that, you know, are moving forward is often pushed down or ignored. Which is obviously something that meisenbaum was warning his colleagues about back in the sixties and seventies. But then criticism doesn't go away, but personal computers, later, the internet, keep evolving for decades to come. I wonder how you see that development going? Because i think mumford really does a phenomenal job of understanding and nailing down this issue.

Paris Marx is joined by Zachary Loeb to discuss the history of tech criticism with a focus on Joseph Weizenbaum and Lewis Mumford, as well as why the techlash is a narrative that suits Silicon Valley.

Zachary Loeb is a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania whose dissertation research looks at Y2K. Follow Zachary on Twitter as @libshipwreck, and check out his Librarian Shipwreck blog.

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