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The Coming Civil War over General-purpose Computing

Cory Doctorow is a smart thinker when it comes to computers and how they relate to our basic rights. Over the summer he delviered a lecture titled The Coming Civil War over General-purpose Computing and it’s a fascinating look into the future of DRM (digital rights management), firmware, security, openness, and how we as a culture relate to computers.

Watch the lecture below and you may also want to check out the text version of his argument.

Mark Kingwell on Cities and the Politics of Architecture


Mark Kingwell was recently on TVO’s The Agenda to discuss the concrete jungle; essentially, his examination of architecture, politics, and phenomenology.

It’s a good episode that anybody interested in politics or architecture should watch (of listen).

In 1800, only 3% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. By 2008, that number had swelled to more than half. Author Mark Kingwell says that despite this, we still do not understand how cities work, and the dynamic relationship between architecture and politics. Mark Kingwell joins Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss his book, “Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City
,” and how public place and political space cannot be separated.

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