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groundhog gyges
A Ramis/Murray take on the Ring of Gyges: groundhog-gyges.avi Currently reading the Republic again. In Groundhog Day, Phil’s Ring is one of daily reincarnation. However, this wouldn’t be a Gyges Ring if he had to drink from Lethe each time. In this way he is like Er. LUCKILY, he keeps his memories between cycles, and [...]
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h.o.p.e. conference #hacking #future #freedom
Hackers on Planet Earth is happening in NYC in July. This is through 2600, the hacker quarterly published by Emmanuel Goldstein since the (early 90s?). If I am in town, I definitely want to go. Future talk, freedom talk, computer talk. main theme of the conference is ‘visions of the future from the past’. sentences [...]
#metropolis, #benjamin, #daedalus, #goebbels
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#tribeca #festival #lucky #life #premiere
So our film, Lucky Life, is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. I’m excited. Here’s the link: http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/features/TFF_10_World_Narrative_Features.html It’s in competition, in the world narrative category. The first showing will be on 4/23, I think, but the complete schedule is available at the Tribeca site. I’m proud of this film, and very happy to have [...]
polanyi
I was in Budapest 2 summers ago. I like that we’re reading a Hungarian. That country felt good. Beer and pork for breakfast, and the baths. This reading is taking a long time, and I end up having to take a bunch of notes. I have no ability to construct a narrative reaction this week, [...]
benjamin – art in the age of mechanical reproduction
Guerilla warfare is the new entertainment! Guerilla warfare is the new entertainment! Guerilla warfare is the new entertainment! Guerilla warfare is the new entertainment! The concepts Benjamin will introduce in his theory of art in the age of mechanical reproduction are “completely useless for the purpose of Fascism”. Why? “Fascism attempts to organize the proletariat [...]
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