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rooneymcnibnug

rooneymcnibnug@wyrms.de

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Deep in a philosophy hole, but I enjoy tons of other non-fiction books and a lot of fiction as well.

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Orit Halpern: Beautiful Data: A History of Vision and Reason since 1945 (Experimental Futures) (2015) No rating

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.

Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari: Anti-Oedipus (Paperback, 2009, Penguin Classics)

Analyzes the expression and repression of desire in Western culture and tells how to avoid …

Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari

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.