29. Sabotage Feels Good (patreon teaser) - a podcast by This Machine Kills

We offer the case for a techno-politics of unmaking — quite literally deconstructing capital — to combat the innovation fetishism that masks the social relationships inherent in all technology. We also talk about examples of Luddism in action at Amazon warehouses. There’s some great tangents along the way (the acting roles that Ethan Hawke has been taking lately are surprisingly, righteously Luddish). We wrap up with an exciting reading series of a shockingly prescient essay from the old radical computer industry magazine, Processed World.

Some stuff we reference:• Is it OK to be a Luddite? by Thomas Pynchon: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/18/reviews/pynchon-luddite.html
• Surviving Amazon by Sam Adler Bell: https://logicmag.io/bodies/surviving-amazon/• World Processor by Jacob Silverman: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/world-processor
• Sabotage: The Ultimate Video Game by Gidget Digit: http://www.processedworld.com/Issues/issue05/05sabotage.htmSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills

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