Using Technology to Deepen Democracy, Using Democracy to Ensure Technology Benefits Us All
Monday, October 31, 2016
Teaching In The Homestretch...
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Lousy T-Shirts of the Future
I believed in the futurological better-than-real VR future and all I got was this lousy universe as simulation thesis.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I believed in the futurological Drexlerian nanotechnology future and all I got was this lousy 3D-printed model of the Millennium Falcon.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I believed in the futurological sooper-longevity SENS future and all I got was this lousy botox injection and some boner pills.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I believed in the futurological energy-too-cheap-to-meter nuclear future and all I got were boondoggles and irradiated landscapes.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I believed in the futurological digital democracy future and all I got was this lousy feudalism and ubiquitous surveillance.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I believed in the futurological disruption innovation maker future and all I got was lousy standard Republican deregulatory privatization.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I believed in the futurological artificial intelligence future and all I got were lousy algorithms used by thieves to commit secret frauds.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I believed in the futurological crypto-anarchy future and all I got was unaccountable harassment, e-mail scams, and organized global crime.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I believed in the futurological geo-engineering future and all I got were these lousy windmills&sunflowers ad spots at the end of the world.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I believed in the futurological enhancement future and all I got were invitations to lousy eugenics circle-jerks with white racist assholes.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I suppose I should point out I never believed ANY of that idiotic reactionary futurological nonsense and said so, but here we are anyway...
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 29, 2016
I Know You Aren't, But What Is Anything?
Friday, October 28, 2016
I propose the following Grand Bargain:
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Long Teaching Day
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Luddite!
This is not an "anti-technology" stance, but my appropriate technology decision.
Good Government Against Bad Establishments
Sunday, October 23, 2016
No Whammies! Stop Gloating!
Saturday, October 22, 2016
We Already Have Term Limits: They Are Called Elections
Thursday, October 20, 2016
The Usual
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Cry
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
"The Future" Is Rhetoric
VC tech-talk, futurology, transhumanism, digi-utopianism, eugenics are reactionary ideological formations, they are discursive phenomena. 1
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 18, 2016
I am glad that there are scientists and science educators who debunk claims made within these discourses, but it is worth remembering... 2
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 18, 2016
that even critical "technical" discussions of pseudo-science/deceptive PR can elevate their advocates and amplify their enabling frames. 3
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 18, 2016
Futurology is rhetorical and the perceived inadequacy of rhetorical critiques of futurology connects to a susceptibility to futurology. 4
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 18, 2016
Monday, October 17, 2016
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Gross Robocultist Peter Thiel Donates 1.25 Million to Bigot Clown Trump After He Brags About Sexual Assault And Sows Violent Discontent Among Supporters
Please, nobody tell Peter Thiel that throwing his money into a black hole isn't the Singularity he's been praying for.— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 16, 2016
When Peter Thiel uploads into Holodeck Heaven he should take Trump with him -- boy, that would sure show us.— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 16, 2016
Why doesn't Peter Thiel just make Trump the President of his artificial libertechbrotarian island that doesn't exist instead?— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 16, 2016
Peter Thiel is so posthumane.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 16, 2016
Saturday, October 15, 2016
The left won the culture wars:
Friday, October 14, 2016
Tech Talk Trump Talk
i wrote a new piece, "Trump, Clinton, and the Electoral Politics of #Bitcoin," suggested by @danlatorre & others https://t.co/uosS38JbGr
— David Golumbia (@dgolumbia) October 14, 2016
@dgolumbia Excellent! The bitcoinsanityTrumpmadness nexus is frightening and urgent right now of course, but I think your second point... 1
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 14, 2016
@dgolumbia about the susceptibility of the dem-left to futurological pieties is especially important. It's a point that obsesses me now. 2
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 14, 2016
@dgolumbia Ed tech disruptors and green futurists (geo-engineering con artists, eg) throng the party, Gore is a straight up futurist, etc. 3
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 14, 2016
@dgolumbia Many of the party's young go-to intellectuals seem entirely given over to algorithmic entrail-reading & Big Data/AI moonshine. 4
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 14, 2016
@dgolumbia The diversity of the winning Obama coalition has moved the party's politics wholesomely leftward for nearly ten years, but... 5
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 14, 2016
@dgolumbia with GOPs self-immolation moneyed rats are jumping ship: futurology provides dem-"friendly" language for corporate-militarists. 6
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 14, 2016
@dalecarrico agree completely
— David Golumbia (@dgolumbia) October 14, 2016
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Long Teaching Day
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Four More Years
Monday, October 10, 2016
Let's Ask These Undecideds...
Change Election
Sunday, October 09, 2016
Fifteen Minutes of One Of My Lectures
Saturday, October 08, 2016
Nurse!
Friday, October 07, 2016
Thursday, October 06, 2016
Back to the Grind
Wednesday, October 05, 2016
Veep Debate (UPDATED)
UPDATE: As predicted, this stuff is everywhere today.
Mike Pence's #VPDebate strategy seemed to be "if you close your eyes, Trump doesn't exist." pic.twitter.com/VM4CuglV89
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 5, 2016
Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Veep Bleep
Of course, Mike Pence passes for a boring wonk (let alone sit-com dad), only because too many of my fellow citizens don't seem to know anything about the terrifying misogynist racist homophobic theocratic authoritarianism of his actual views. I have been shocked at the blase assignment for years and years of the term "wonk" to Paul Ryan, who spews utter arrant nonsense about economics on a regular basis and gets treated as some lovably pedantic details-guy by the pundits -- and don't get me started at those who imply the doll-eyed dolt is a "young gun" sex symbol in even the remotest construal -- but the thought that a rabid extremist like Pence who has actually made something of a public fool of himself as governor of Indiana can be transubstantiated into an easy-going reassuring mainstream professional politician simply by standing next to the reality tee vee hate talk con-man circus freak Donald Trump in the media is actually nearly as terrifying to me as the fact that one of our two major parties no longer has the intellectual and organizational resources to ward off a takeover by Trump in the first place.
Teaching More Plato
Monday, October 03, 2016
Trek Against Trump
An array of artists encourage you to vote and #TrekAgainstTrump! View the statement & endorsements at https://t.co/PlitB3nX0M @TrekNotTrump pic.twitter.com/soqcSc2puT— Trek Against Trump (@TrekNotTrump) September 29, 2016
Star Trek has always offered a positive vision of the future, a vision of hope and optimism, and most importantly, a vision of inclusion, where people of all races are accorded equal respect and dignity, where individual beliefs and lifestyles are respected so long as they pose no threat to others. We cannot turn our backs on what is happening in the upcoming election. Never has there been a presidential candidate who stands in such complete opposition to the ideals of the Star Trek universe as Donald Trump. His election would take this country backward, perhaps disastrously. We need to elect a president who will move this country forward into the kind of future we all dream of: where personal differences are understood and accepted, where science overrules superstition, where people work together instead of against each other.
The resolution of conflicts on Star Trek was never easy. Don’t remain aloof –vote! We have heard people say they will vote Green or Libertarian or not at all because the two major candidates are equally flawed. That is both illogical and inaccurate. Either Secretary Clinton or Mr. Trump will occupy the White House. One is an amateur with a contemptuous ignorance of national laws and international realities, while the other has devoted her life to public service, and has deep and valuable experience with the proven ability to work with Congress to pass desperately needed legislation. If, as some say, the government is broken, a protest vote will not fix it.
Have you just turned 18? Have you moved? Have you never voted before? Some states have early registration (early October) and/or absentee ballots. You can’t vote if you are not registered. So make it so. Go to https://www.rockthevote.com , a non-profit, non-partisan organization, and fulfill your civic duty. Because, damn it, you are a citizen of the USA, with an obligation to take part in our democracy! Do this not merely for yourself but for all the generations that follow. Vote for a future of enlightenment and inclusion, a future that will someday lead us to the stars.
Endorsed by:
J.J. Abrams
Allan Apone
Richard Arnold
René Auberjonois
Scott Bakula
Ira Steven Behr
Rick Berman
John Billingsley
Christopher Black
Paula Block
Paul Boehmer
André Bormanis
Brannon Braga
Mark Robert Brown
LeVar Burton
Terri Potts-Chattaway
John Cho
Tracee Cocco
George Colucci
Mimi Cozzens
Denise Crosby
Dan Curry
Joseph D'Agosta
Peter David
Nicole de Boer
Keith R.A. DeCandido
John de Lancie
Jonathan Del Arco
John DeMita
Chris Doohan
Paul Eiding
Aron Eisenberg
Terry Erdmann
Terry Farrell
Lolita Fatjo
David C. Fein
Juan Carlos Fernandez
Louise Fletcher
Jonathan Frakes
Bryan Fuller
Dave Galanter
Tim Gaskill
David Gerrold
Robert Greenberger
Bruce Greenwood
Max Grodénchik
Martha Hackett
Glenn Hauman
Manu Intiraymi
Michael Jan Friedman
Dominic Keating
John Knoll
Walter Koenig
Alex Kurtzman
Judith Levitt
Jeff Lewis
Justin Lin
David Mack
Dennis Madalone
Chase Masterson
Dakin Matthews
Gates McFadden
Robert Duncan McNeill
Nicholas Meyer
Anthony Montgomery
Ronald B. Moore
Tom Morga
Kate Mulgrew
Larry Nemecek
Adam Nimoy
Susan Nimoy
Robert O'Reilly
Linda Park
Leslie Parrish
Robb Pearlman
Simon Pegg
Randy Pflug
Ethan Phillips
Robert Picardo
Sandra Piller
Chris Pine
Emmett Plant
Zachary Quinto
Michael Reisz
Andrew Robinson
Eugene & Heidi Roddenberry
Marvin Rush
Tim Russ
Zoe Saldana
Ralph Senensky
Naren Shankar
Armin Shimerman
Gregory Smith
Brent Spiner
Rick Sternbach
Peter Sternlicht
Eric Stillwell
Jay Stobie
Sandy Stone
Carel Struycken
Marina Sirtis
Michael Sussman
Kitty Swink
George Takei
Michael Taylor
Hallie Todd Withrow
Connor Trinneer
Karl Urban
Wil Wheaton
Herman Zimmerman
UPDATE: Joseph Gatt, Melissa Harrison, Jeri Ryan, Susan Shwartz, Tucker Smallwood, and Scott Trimble have endorsed the statement!
Further Endorsements (Received after initial release of statement):
Rhonda Aldrich
Jim Beaver
Christopher L. Bennett
Kirsten Beyer
Molly Brink
Art Codron
Michael Dorn
Doug Drexler
Dorothy Duder
Harlan Ellison
Joseph Gatt
Rich Handley
Melissa Harrison
Hana Hatae
Robert Hewitt-Wolfe
Michael Klastorin
Denise Okuda
Michael Okuda
Robert Pine
Jeri Ryan
Nick Sagan
Robert Sallin
Susan Shwartz
Tucker Smallwood
Kurtwood Smith
Melinda M. Snodgrass
Arne Starr
Scott Trimble
Garrett Wang
Celeste Yarnall
Sunday, October 02, 2016
Fun With Mail-In Voting
Saturday, October 01, 2016
Millennials: #ImWithThem AND #ImWithHer
Stop shitting on millennials who are right to demand universal healthcare, debt free education, community policing and sustainable society.
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 1, 2016
Millennials are a strong voting bracket for Democrats and HRC, including most who chose Sanders as a protest vehicle in the primary. Unity!
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 1, 2016
My students are millennials and their real struggles break my heart and their ferocious visions fuel my hopes. #ImWithThem and #ImWithHer
— Dale Carrico (@dalecarrico) October 1, 2016
"Lorraine" commented on my throwing shade at kindles yesterday:
Might I ask what is relatively inappropriate about Kindle technology? For me it's Digital Restrictions Mechanisms (DRM). You Clinton supporters tend to be pro-IP so I assume for you it's something else? I too have a large collection of bound volumes, but I've been exposing myself to classic (as in old enough to be out of copyright) works via the open source FB Reader app for Android.
I have lots of reasons for preferring bound volumes to e-books, but you'll forgive me if I don't know whether they are reasons shared by the "You Clinton supporters" tribe or gang or species to which I now apparently belong to my misfortune. I missed the meeting in which kindles were discussed and so cannot say if I share the "tendencies" you so kindly ascribe to me on the subject because I preferred Clinton to the ill-prepared and rather vapid (in my view) Bernie Sanders in the primary and now prefer her to the authoritarian bigot idiot (in my view) Donald Trump in the general. I assign open source texts in my classes and have read many as well to my delight and edification -- do try not to think too terribly harshly of me as I serve my monstrous queen.
I also found Sen. Sanders a bit vapid, at least on foreign policy. Much of the labor movement seems to have gone on a pro-IP bender (especially the Hollywood unions of course) if paid placements in Fecebook are any barometer. Probably unfair of me to ascribe such a tendency to Clintonistas in general. Clinton is, after all, nominally anti-TPP at this point history.
An enjoyable and wide-ranging conversation, of a kind that became harder and rarer during and since the primary contest I find, I do hope there are more to come...