Punk Technologies are technologies in a broad sense of the term; any knowledge, technique, or tool developed or designed to augment, assist, or adapt cultural or individual norms and practices and/or make use of surrounding resources can be considered a technology. A book is a technology the same as a robot.
The algorithm determines not just what we see, but also how we see the medium through which we consume.
I had countless conversations with reporters in the pre-Elon Musk Twitter era who could not fathom doing their jobs without the site, who insisted that Twitter was where sources and scoops and true insight lay. It was utterly wrong and also completely understandable in a way that made arguing about it futile: Twitter could feel like a direct... See more