Show notes
Why does everyone care about New York? Drew Austin explores the interplay bt digital/physical env and how tech values shape our lives. We discuss some of his past essays: fashion as public good, airport lounge-ification highlighting, and how digital paradigms reshape our physical spaces. Topics include: fake serendipity, lofi, gm, resilient systems, the commons as customs, postmodernist software, leaving a trace, Twitter as a waiting room. (Recorded October 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/artificial(00:00) - Artificial Physicality (Drew Austin)(00:08) - So what's the weather in New York?(01:58) - Even a pandemic becomes about NYC(03:18) - We behave the same, online or in a city(04:39) - Technology, Memory, and Depersonalization(06:46) - Lofi, CDs, and Artifical Physicality(13:19) - From Sharing Silence to gm(15:58) - Worn Out: Fashion and Public Space(21:39) - Modernist architecture and postmodernist software(27:41) - Code isn't just code(29:25) - Infrastructure requires resilience (31:28) - The commons as customs(33:43) - Airport Lounge-ification of Cities(37:03) - McDonalds as the only third place(39:51) - Reverse engineering bodegas(41:31) - Fake serendipity vs the city(44:17) - Can digital environments enable serendipity? (47:12) - Leaving a trace, a legacy, provenance(48:17) - Twitter as a waiting room ★ Support this podcast ★