Derrick Jensen
Jordan Brown interviews Derrick Jensen, about his 2004 book co-authored with George Draffan called Welcome to the Machine. They speak about themes surrounding the technological panopticon.
Derrick Jensen is prolific author and radical environmental activist. He has written over twenty books, covering topics such as the pathology of abuse, domestic violence and dominant culture; the problems with civilisation, and strategies for resistance.
Sections
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0:05:04 The Panopticon
0:09:51 If you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to fear
0:13:12 Surveillance and the unequal relationship of power
0:15:24 Defining the technology, Lewis Mumford
0:16:34 Democratic and authoritarian technic
0:21:52 The computer is an authoritarian technic
0:25:10 Abusive culture, the abusive mindset
0:26:26 This culture is completely insane
0:32:54 Science and domination
0:37:12 R.D. Laing and the three rules, the hierarchy
0:39:27 Why we don’t talk about this culture destroying the planet
0:43:14 The Congo and why
0:46:23 Technological deus ex machina: Transhumanism and solar panels
0:54:02 You fight for what is important to you
0:55:14 The ‘logic’ of the system
0:59:03 Back to deus ex machina
1:01:52 Solar panels: Who benefits and who is harmed?
1:05:47 Personal change does not equal political change
