Brennan Kenneth Brown
CHILDHOOD: Hypercapitalist Nostalgia & Unsupervised Internet Access | 🔗 https://brennan.day/childhood-hypercapitalist-nostalgia-and-unsupervised-internet-access/
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CHILDHOOD: Hypercapitalist Nostalgia & Unsupervised Internet Access
My nostalgia is hypercapitalist. My nostalgia is the worst of the unregulated Internet. I cannot decouple my fondest memories from the corporations and the loss of innocence that produced them, and I'm not sure there's anything wrong with that.
Harald KlinkeCall for Applications: SFSIA 2026 Berlin – “In the Fog of the Digital: AI and Neural-Digital Entanglement in Cognitive Capitalism”
The Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art brings together artists, theorists, and scholars to explore how AI, cognitive capitalism, and digital infrastructures reshape subjectivity, perception, and cultural production.
Berlin, KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art
29 June – 4 July 2026
Application: 2 April 2026
The Internet is CrackA professor teaching small seminars noticed something surprising: when students were asked to put their phones away, many showed real distress.
What looked like distraction started to resemble addiction.
In our conversation with Randolph R. Lewis, we explore how technology, politics, and culture are reshaping society.
Full episode:
https://youtu.be/s2_XY3-mBrg
Guido ZurstiegeWhere do we disconnect from our devices — and what role do physical spaces play in that?
Together with Nils S. Borchers, I have a new article out today in Media, Culture & Society: "Spaces of digital disconnection: A go-along study of dining areas, libraries, and movie theaters."
Using a go-along method, we examined how everyday spaces like dining areas, libraries, and movie theaters shape people's disconnection from digital media — sometimes by social norms, sometimes by institutional rules, sometimes simply by the atmosphere of a place.
Our findings suggest that digital disconnection is not just an individual practice, but is deeply embedded in the spatial and social contexts we move through.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/01634437261428614
#DigitalDisconnection #MediaStudies #DigitalCulture #NewPublication
From Tech Utopia to Reality
The internet once felt like a utopian space for knowledge and connection. But history shows a pattern: powerful technologies begin with promise before their darker uses appear.
Dr. Randolph R. Lewis on technology, culture, and his book Bummerland.
🎧 Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/s2_XY3-mBrg
Connection vs. Dehumanization Online
The internet was meant to connect us, yet it often reduces people to stereotypes and quick judgments. Dr. Randolph R. Lewis talks about the digital paradox and his book Bummerland.
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https://youtu.be/s2_XY3-mBrg
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Technology, Power, and the Risk of Techno-Authoritarianism
How might digital technology reshape politics and society in the coming years?
Dr. Randolph R. Lewis joins the podcast to discuss his book Bummerland: Ruin and Restoration in Trump’s New America and why the intersection of technology, culture, and politics may be leading us toward a pivotal moment.
🎧 Listen to the full episode: https://youtu.be/s2_XY3-mBrg
#Podcast #TechPolitics #DigitalCulture #Bummerland #PoliticalDiscussion
New Episode: Technology & the “Bummerland Effect”
Dr. Randolph R. Lewis joins us to discuss how modern technology shapes society—and our inner experience of it. We explore ideas from his book Bummerland and the intersection of tech, politics, and culture.
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