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PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

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The Techno Utopian Attitude

i don't really give a fuck about criticizing it on those grounds what i think needs to be criticized though is that they are both inventing the stuff and then deciding on the meaning of stuff. The thing that I object to is the mythology that they put in the stuff that is coming out at the same time as as being inventing it. It's obvious to everyone who's not them that our lives are already worse than our parents, he says. "We do have to remind the critical theorists to enjoy life"

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