The Overlap Between Museum & Prison Design

An aggregated reading list of the best, in-depth thinking from around the web on the impact of technology and social media, curated by Nathan Jurgenson and Cyborgology.

“the surprisingly broad overlap between prison & museum design”

“how people use music when doing intellectual labour: people use it as a symbol to say ‘keep away from me’”

“If schools follow dualist specifications, education becomes less in tune with the way students actually consume texts”

“the Introversion Meme is the newest face on a many-headed hydra of conservative backlash against a changing society”

“with Glass, the contents of your screen are a mystery to others“

“the self merely a set of techniques for self-documentation rather than a matter of what it is documented”

“Mark Zuckerberg reportedly helicoptered in to hand out grilled cheese”

“the cultural conventions that have helped to produce digital dualism and which help it persist”

“a 3-D printer for printing pizza in outer space”

“A link that disappears after a certain number of people have seen it”

“the solution is not to imagine technology free of societal constraints but to fully engage with all of its messy human implications”

“as managing editor of CNN.com, I want our readers to know this: All you are to us are eyeballs”

“a place where CEOs, venture capitalists and startuppers can network”

“re: sonic/musical trolling, I would put forth Cage’s 4’33″ as the seminal example”

“Social media invite experiments in inertia, continual additions & variations on themes hard-coded into platforms”

“Twitter users express their discontent through an NSA accessible platform”

“Formed from nerd and jerkish, it describes a substantial portion of the Internet”

“Gangnam Style remix causes moment of K-pop unity in West Bank”

“technology and life often overlap, sometimes with lethal consequences”

“not bringing one’s phone…is the new standing around in the middle of a party staring at one’s phone”