Calculating Empires
A Genealogy of Technology and Power Since 1500

Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler
(2023)

After inflating the myth of Elon Musk, the media has a responsibility to break their dependence on him and tear him down. That doesn’t necessary mean going on the offensive, but simply giving more attention to the many ways Musk feels he’s beyond accountability and above the law. It means digging into his right-wing ideology and the false promises they once praised him for making. But even more, it means never falling for another tech grifter trying to do the same thing and applying that scrutiny to every startup founder and public company CEO in the tech industry. They owe the public nothing less.

This is the blueprint for a revolution in the creation and distribution of media. We will discuss how and why to produce your own television using free tools, and explore how to use Community Television as an instrument for social change.

This text is divided in to three sections: A manual, a meta-manual, and a look back. These can be consumed in any order.

This text takes a decidedly American approach to history and theory, and while I assume these ideas are applicable elsewhere, I do not have the expertise or knowledge to comment on any place other than the US.

"We’ve been conducting work on public misperceptions for several years now. From military facts to personal finances we have a wealth of fascinating data which you can explore here."

digital age media age social media age golden age exponential age entrepreneurial age age of proximity age of gifs age of engagement age of anyshoring age of the woman age of the tech age of the selfie

If you have a serious new claim to make, it should go through scientific publication and peer review before you present it to the media

"explores the presence of the supernatural, the manifestations of spirits, and (trans)communication with the beyond facilitated by technical media."

"explores the problems and possibilities of computer-controlled scent output (...) with particular emphasis on the role of scent in information display in a variety of media (...) explore the use of computer-controlled olfactory display"

provides music discovery and identification solutions, (...) enable companies to provide high quality music recommendations and empower music fans to easily explore and delight in new listening experiences.

Every media work carries its own potential for interference, and over the years, numerous curatorial strategies have been developed to neutralize them—from using headphones and sit-down computer kiosks to dividing galleries into small screening rooms

on B-Games, comparing videogames and movies, stories, gameplay, and stuff.. read the comments too

"j ai que 16 ans ms je suis consiant des consekence que ca peut apporter de faire se genre de farce pff dsl ms ji esper quil y aura des senction au saien de la rtbf merci et aurevoire" // a et y'a une vidéo

"Les capitales étrangères ont été en émoi, suite à l'émission de la RTBF simulant la fin de la Belgique. Le Premier ministre parle d'une émission irresponsable."