The Sonic Surrogate by Marie Thompson - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

Hey, so I'm out of practice with 'announcements' but: I wrote a book and it's coming out in November. It's called The Sonic Surrogate and it's about sound reproduction, reproductive crisis and the proliferation of music technologies that promise to take care of us
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-so...

Marinetti was listed as one of the 'Patron Saints of Techno-Optimism' in Andreessen's 'Techno-Optimist Manifesto' (not that that implies Andreessen was especially well informed about him). Also check out Benjamin Noys's book Malign Velocities re: how cyberpunk might be part of the lineage.

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An urgent message from The Wire magazine

Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support

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Workers at the Philips Electronic Centre in Naenae with the last TV set manufactured in Lower Hutt, 1988. Photo: Martin Hunter, Evening Post; natlib.govt.nz/records/2280...