S5E8 - Plague and the Folly of Technological Fixes
Oct 12, 2021•52 min•Ep. 88
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Episode description
This week we are joined by the creator of the epic Twitter account @PlaguePoems, Zachary Loeb, to discuss his research on the Y2K scare and more broadly technological reliance, narratives of destruction and technocratic fixes that obscure social and political root causes of disaster. Hope you all enjoy it!
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Further information:
Our guests:
Zachary Loeb (@libshipwreck & @PlaguePoems)
Music this week from "Above the Clouds" by Milano.
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