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Moira Weigel on Palantir, Tech-Nationalism & Aggression in the Life-World

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In her work Moira Weigel takes a close look at the liaison between technology and nationalism. For this the dissertation of Palantir’s CEO, Alex C. Karp, is a surprisingly revealing document.ShownotesMoira Weigel’s Website:http://www.moiraweigel.com/Moira on Twitter:https://twitter.com/moiragweigelMoira Weigel at Harvard:https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/moira-weigel-0Weigel, Moira und Ben Tranoff (Hg.). 2020. Voices from the Valley. Tech Workers Talk About What They Do--and How They Do It. San Francisco: Logic:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374538675Weigel, Moira. 2020. "Palantir Goes to the Frankfurt School”. Artikel. b2o: an online journal (zuletzt aufgerufen Dezember 2021):https://www.boundary2.org/2020/07/moira-weigel-palantir-goes-to-the-frankfurt-school/Moira (full article)Weigel, Moira. 2016. Labor of Love. The Invention of Dating. London: Macmillan Publishers:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374713133German translation: Weigel, Moira. Dating. Eine Kulturgeschichte. Übersetzt von Anna-Nina Kroll. München: Penguin Verlag:https://www.randomhouse.de/Taschenbuch/Dating/Moira-Weigel/btb/e517578.rhdLogic Magazine, founded by Moira Weigel:https://logicmag.io/Homepage Data Societyhttps://datasociety.net/Literature mentioned in the Interview:Karp, Alexander. 2002. Aggression in der Lebenswelt: Die Erweiterung des Parsonsschen Konzepts der Aggression durch die Beschreibung des Zusammenhangs von Jargon, Aggression und Kultur. (Dissertation, Philosophie):https://d-nb.info/966060652/34Bernstein, Joseph. 2017. "Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream". Blogeintrag. In BuzzFeed News (full article online):https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/heres-how-breitbart-and-milo-smuggled-white-nationalismAdorno, Theodor. 1973. The Jargon of Authenticity. Übersetzt von tanowski, Knut und Frederic Will. Evanston: Northwestern University Press:https://nupress.northwestern.edu/content/jargon-authenticityAdorno, Theodor W. 1964. Jargon der Eigentlichkeit - Zur deutschen Ideologie. Berlin: Sihrkamp.https://www.suhrkamp.de/buecher/jargon_der_eigentlichkeit-theodor_w_adorno_10091.htmlBarbrook, Richard und Andy Cameron. 1996. "The Californian Ideology". In Science as Culture vol. 6(1): 44-72 (PDF link and full article online):https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249004663_The_Californian_Ideologyhttp://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/the-californian-ideology-2/Zuboff, Shoshana. 2019. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. New York: Public Affairs:https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/Hwang, Tim. 2020. Subprime Attention Crisis. Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet. London: Macmillan:https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374538651 Additional Shownotes:Homepage Tech Workers Coalition:https://techworkerscoalition.org/Wiki on Techno-nationalism:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-nationalismWiki on Peter Thiel, Co-Founder of Paypal and Palantir Technologies:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thielhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_TechnologiesWiki on Nick Land, philosopher & Co-Founder CCRU:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Landhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetic_Culture_Research_UnitWiki on Curtis Yarvin (aka Mencius Moldbug):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_YarvinFurther Future Histories Episodes on related topics:S01E16 | Richard Barbrook on Imaginary Futures:https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e16-richard-barbrook(German) S01E22 | Anna-Verena Nosthoff und Felix Maschewski zu digitaler Verführung, sozialer Kontrolle und der Gesellschaft der Wearables:https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e22-nosthoff-maschewski(German) S01E29 | mit Thorsten Thiel zu Demokratie in der digitalen Konstellation:https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e29-thorsten-thiel(German) S01E30 | Paul Feigelfeld zu alternativen Zukünften, Unvollständigkeit & dem Sein in der Technik:https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e30-paul-feigelfeldIf you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me at [email protected] and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/www.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#FutureHistories, #Podcast, #DataPolitics, #MoiraWeigel, #Palantir, #SiliconValley, #VoicesFromTheValley, #TechNationalism #Techno-Nationalism, #Tech-Nationalism, #BenTarnoff, #Interview, #Society, #PeterThiel, #AlexanderKarp, #LogicMagazine, #Democracy, #AttentionCrisis, #CalifornianIdeology, #TechWorkers, #SurveillanceCapitalism, #Überwachungskapitalismus, #ShoshanaZuboff, #RichardBarbrook

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