StrypeyJan 1, 2019
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/
Ep. 113 Jamie Cohen “The Commodity of Authenticity” – Team Human

Team Human
Show threadStrypeyJan 1, 2019
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
Opinion | Operation Infektion: A three-part video series on Russian disinformation

Russian Disinformation: From Cold War to Kanye

The New York Times
Show threadStrypeyJan 2, 2019
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).
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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.
Jan 2, 2019 at 6:29amWeb
Show threadStrypeyJan 2, 2019
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.
Show threadfridaysforfuture, but everydayJan 2, 2019

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trees causing pollution is also one of the arguments used to cut down ancient #Białowieża forest.

authority justifies their actions by being the authority. It seems as they create other arguments to make us believe as if there's any other reason - so we questionize their specific action rather then their authority as a whole.