Posted on April 1, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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The internet is not a trendy cafe and you are not the Grand Barista. Technology is a cumulative collaborative process. Ideas form all round the world, needs arise, and information converges – pens are made with ball points! And internets! So at the end…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Culture, Ethics, Free Speech, Google, Internet, Jack Dorsey, Sargon of Akkad, Silicon Valley, Twitter
Posted on December 25, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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In an interview with The New York Times, Patreon’s Jack Conte and Jacqueline Hart addressed the fallout from their removal of political commentator Sargon of Akkad. A fallout that took with it the likes of Sam Harris and a sizeable chunk of patrons. A…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Current Events, Fractal Briefs, Jack Conte, Jacqueline Hart, Karl Benjamin, News, Patreon, Politics, Sam Harris, Sargon of Akkad, Silicon Valley, Tech, Tech News, The New York Times, Trends
Posted on December 20, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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Topics – Technicians are not intellectuals – Technocrats are not elite (using prebuilt tools isn’t special) – Using technology to enforce worldviews is douchy – What is an intellectual – How credentialism and materialism rot brains and cultures – You need to repeat good…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Education, Original Content, Original Music, podcasts, Silicon Valley, Technocrats
Posted on October 23, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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Did you ever notice that Samsung backwards is GNUsmas. For you normies out there GNU = GNU is not Unix. Recursive acronym joy! Topics Gnusmas! Projects and plans Russia/Trump Ideological Bubbles The Word Gay Silicon Valley Mythology Vanity Fair uses too much Axe…
Category: Philosophy, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Alex Weir, Alt Media, Current Events, Fun, GNU, Ideological Bubbles, Russia, Silicon Valley, The Fractal Journal, Trump, Updates, Vanity Fair, Vlogs
Tag: Silicon Valley
Their Product? | Who owns the Internet?
Posted on April 1, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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The internet is not a trendy cafe and you are not the Grand Barista. Technology is a cumulative collaborative process. Ideas form all round the world, needs arise, and information converges – pens are made with ball points! And internets! So at the end…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Culture, Ethics, Free Speech, Google, Internet, Jack Dorsey, Sargon of Akkad, Silicon Valley, Twitter
Fractal Briefs | Patreon and The New York Times
Posted on December 25, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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In an interview with The New York Times, Patreon’s Jack Conte and Jacqueline Hart addressed the fallout from their removal of political commentator Sargon of Akkad. A fallout that took with it the likes of Sam Harris and a sizeable chunk of patrons. A…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Current Events, Fractal Briefs, Jack Conte, Jacqueline Hart, Karl Benjamin, News, Patreon, Politics, Sam Harris, Sargon of Akkad, Silicon Valley, Tech, Tech News, The New York Times, Trends
Fractal Briefs | Silicon Valley is not Intellectual
Posted on December 20, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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Topics – Technicians are not intellectuals – Technocrats are not elite (using prebuilt tools isn’t special) – Using technology to enforce worldviews is douchy – What is an intellectual – How credentialism and materialism rot brains and cultures – You need to repeat good…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Philosophy, Politics, Social Commentary, Technology, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Education, Original Content, Original Music, podcasts, Silicon Valley, Technocrats
Fractal Radio| Episode 24 – GNUsmas!
Posted on October 23, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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Did you ever notice that Samsung backwards is GNUsmas. For you normies out there GNU = GNU is not Unix. Recursive acronym joy! Topics Gnusmas! Projects and plans Russia/Trump Ideological Bubbles The Word Gay Silicon Valley Mythology Vanity Fair uses too much Axe…
Category: Philosophy, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Alex Weir, Alt Media, Current Events, Fun, GNU, Ideological Bubbles, Russia, Silicon Valley, The Fractal Journal, Trump, Updates, Vanity Fair, Vlogs
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