#masseylectures — Public Fediverse posts
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Hey look at this
* Build your own #PatekPhilippe-style #Chronograph using this DIY Wooden Watchmaking Kit https://www.yankodesign.com/2023/11/19/build-your-own-patek-philippe-style-chronograph-using-this-diy-wooden-watchmaking-kit/
* 2023 CBC #MasseyLectures: Astra Taylor https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/ideas/2023-cbc-massey-lectures-astra-taylor
* The main risk of #MachineLearning is not that it's good at what it does https://mamot.fr/@[email protected]/111443798898077800
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Which is all to say: *I have tickets for the Talking Heads event at TIFF and I could *not* be more excited.*
Continuing on the Canadian theme, one of the annual highlights of Canadian media is the #MasseyLectures, a series of public lectures given around the country and rebroadcast on #CBC. These are always great, but recent years have been *superb* - @rondeibert's 2020 series was unmissable:
https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/10/dark-matter/#citizenlab
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@liaizon Always boost (and tag) #StaffordBeer and #MasseyLectures
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Oh, and if you're looking for an excellent curation of nonfiction reading, the CBC Massey Lectures series is a great place to start:
https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=kw%3A%22cbc%20massey%20lectures%22
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I was listening to "Revenge of the Chickenized Reverse-Centuars" wondering if @pluralistic was familiar with Ursula Franklin, who spoke to this issue 30 years ago.
Of course he is:
https://boingboing.net/2016/05/24/technologys-culture-of-com.htmlShe's a Candian national treasure.
https://www.worldcat.org/title/real-world-of-technology/oclc/781487284&referer=brief_results
Original Massey Lecture audio:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-1989-cbc-massey-lectures-the-real-world-of-technology-1.2946845#UrsulaFranklin #UrsulaKFranklin #MasseyLectures #RealWorldOfTechnology #ReverseCentuars #Chickenification #CoryDoctorow
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The 1989 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Real World of Technology"
Technology has always been a part of human existence. Today though, says the experimental physicist, Ursula M. Franklin, technology has large-scale effects on culture itself.
Direct audio:
https://mp3.cbc.ca/radio/CBC_Radio_VMS/793/967/Masseys_1989_01.mp3
https://mp3.cbc.ca/radio/CBC_Radio_VMS/796/395/Masseys_1989_02.mp3
https://mp3.cbc.ca/radio/CBC_Radio_VMS/664/155/ideas_20171016_84064_uploaded.mp3
https://mp3.cbc.ca/radio/CBC_Radio_VMS/665/631/ideas_20171016_87526_uploaded.mp3
https://mp3.cbc.ca/radio/CBC_Radio_VMS/341/254/ideas_20171018_59377_uploaded.mp3https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-1989-cbc-massey-lectures-the-real-world-of-technology-1.2946845
#UrsulaKFranklin #technology #TechOntology #CBC #MasseyLectures
