Episode 18 - Warfare

How is our culture informed by war? How has tech changed its myths and stories? We talk about the real-timeness of war footage, and military funding of Hollywood from Top Gun to the Avengers. Plus, can Google’s employee walkouts stop its defense contracts? What are our own roles in conflict? What happens when war looks inward and police are militarised? We speak to Scott Timcke, lecturer in political economy, about all this and more. For full footnotes visit: https://www.theintersectionofthings.com/episodes/ep18-warfare

How is our culture informed by war? How has tech changed its myths and stories? We talk about the real-timeness of war footage, and military funding of Hollywood from Top Gun to the Avengers. Plus, can Google’s employee walkouts stop its defense contracts? What are our own roles in conflict? What happens when war looks inward and police are militarised? We speak to Scott Timcke, lecturer in political economy, about all this and more.

References

Correction: We incorrectly referred to Boston Dynamics as being owned by Alphabet. However, they actually sold the company to Japanese conglomerate SoftBank in Summer 2017. More info here.

1. Capital, State, Empire, Scott Timcke

2. Through Soldiers’ Eyes, ‘The First YouTube War’, Noam Cohen

3. Boston Dynamics shows off 'terrifying' humanoid robot that can run and leap over obstacles, James Cook

4. What Every Girl Should Know About the US Military

5. Letter to My Son, Ta-Nehisi Coates

6. Google reportedly leaving Project Maven military AI program after 2019, Nick Statt

7. The life and rise of billionaire investor Peter Thiel, Prachi Bhardwaj and Taylor Nicole Rogers

FIND US:
Find our guest, Scott Timcke on Twitter @ScottTimcke. Find his book, ’Capital, State, Empire: The New American Way of Digital Warfare’ here or here.

Intersection of Things: @thingsintersect
Ruth Coustick-Deal: @nesient
Marianela Ramos Capelo: @undazedandsuch

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