Pretty decent history of cybernetics and its major 'players', which is what I was looking for, but gets a bit lost in the sauce around certain aspects. Was somewhat (pleasantly) surprised to see Deleuze mentioned in this, since I've been really focusing on a lot of that stuff lately re:philosophy. This seems to really shy away from how capitalism has devoured concepts of cybernetics.. but I think that's maybe not the point of this work anyways.
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rooneymcnibnug started reading The Anti-Oedipus Papers by Félix Guattari
The Anti-Oedipus Papers by Félix Guattari
Notes and journal entries document Guattari and Deleuze's collaboration on their 1972 book Anti-Oedipus.
"The unconscious is not a theatre, …
rooneymcnibnug finished reading Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze
Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari
Analyzes the expression and repression of desire in Western culture and tells how to avoid fascism in one's life
rooneymcnibnug reviewed Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze
Analyzes the expression and repression of desire in Western culture and tells how to avoid …
Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari
4 stars
Started with lots of notes but ended up just kind of letting it wash over me. I'm sure I'll return to this, and will be interested in reading more Deleuze. There are a lot of cool resources out there and I am part of a reading group for this that is lagging a bit, so I look forward to being a part of those conversations through the year as supplement.
rooneymcnibnug wants to read Structure and interpretation of computer programs by Harold Abelson (The MIT electrical engineering and computer science series)
Structure and interpretation of computer programs by Harold Abelson (The MIT electrical engineering and computer science series)
> Wizard Book n. Hal Abelson's, Jerry Sussman's and Julie Sussman's Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (MIT Press, 1984; …
Found this LibriVox audio recording of Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols to be pretty great, for whatever its worth: archive.org/details/the_twilight_of_the_idols_librivox/twilightoftheidols-06-nietzsche.mp3
rooneymcnibnug rated The yellow wall-paper: 4 stars
rooneymcnibnug finished reading The yellow wall-paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Really good skin-crawling shit. Read this and some of her other short stories on a flight. Need to explore some more of her work.
rooneymcnibnug wants to read The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of The Stormlight Archive begins …
rooneymcnibnug started reading Structure and interpretation of computer programs by Harold Abelson (The MIT electrical engineering and computer science series)
Structure and interpretation of computer programs by Harold Abelson (The MIT electrical engineering and computer science series)
> Wizard Book n. Hal Abelson's, Jerry Sussman's and Julie Sussman's Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (MIT Press, 1984; …
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rooneymcnibnug finished reading Learning Perl by Randal L. Schwartz
Learning Perl by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, Tom Christiansen, and 1 other
Learning Perl, also known as the llama book, is a tutorial book for the Perl programming language, and is published …
rooneymcnibnug started reading Land of Lisp by Conrad Barski
Land of Lisp by Conrad Barski
Lisp has been hailed as the world’s most powerful programming language, but its cryptic syntax and academic reputation can be …