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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Jan-2019 03:22:45 EST Strypey

   Another fantastic episode of #TeamHuman, where Doug and guest Jamie Cohen discuss the pros and cons of YT as a media platform, and the wider issues of what "authenticity" means in an age of ever-increasing simulation and simulacra:
   https://teamhuman.fm/episodes/ep-113-jamie-cohen-the-commodity-of-authenticity/

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Jan-2019 03:25:07 EST Strypey

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      In his opening monologue, #DougRushkoff says the 3 part documentary series #OperationInfektion is as significant as the #AdamCurtis series 'Century of the Self', which is high praise IMHO;
      https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/opinion/russia-meddling-disinformation-fake-news-elections.html

      1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Jan-2019 03:29:25 EST Strypey

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         Curiously, this episode of Team Human is perhaps the first one in which I found myself really disagreeing with some of Doug's big picture political claims, and wondering if that's just because we see the world through different political lenses (I'm an anarchist, Doug is a sort of social democrat liberal), or whether it could be because my thinking has been bent by Operation Infektion. Can't wait to watch the docos and think about this more.

      2. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Jan-2019 01:25:21 EST Strypey

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         Having watched 2 out of 3 parts of Operation Injektion, I'm pretty disappointed. Nowhere near the level of detailed research or insight that Curtis achieves in his films. It's mostly just a summary of the Hillarati talking points we've been hearing ever since the result was announced in 2016. Plus a few highly questionable definitions ("disinformation" isn't the same as "propaganda" because it aims to convince people deceptively. Really? #WTF).

         1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Jan-2019 01:29:16 EST Strypey

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            The third part of the Operation Injektion doco series is just mind-boggling. Ronald Reagan was a great exposer of lies? The man famous for claiming that trees cause more air pollution than automobiles do? The man who lies through his teeth about missiles being sold to Iran via Israel to fund anti-government rebels in Nicaragua (#IranContra)? I'm scratching my head trying to figure out why Doug Rushkoff would endorse these heavily slanted films at all, let alone compare them to Adam Curtis' work.

            1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Jan-2019 01:40:23 EST Strypey

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               The third part is also notable for its framing of the internet's role in disinformation. Basically the net = the major #DataFarms (FB etc), and "regulation" of Silicon Valley = increased government control over internet speech (not #AntiTrust action). It's a framing I first noticed in the otherwise excellent Adam Curtis series '... Machines of Loving Grace ...', in #FredTurner's 'counterculture to cyberculture' discourse, and in a hit piece on the #EFF by #YashaLevine, published in the #Baffler.