Literate Machine

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Literate Machine explores media through the lens of culture, history an politics, examining the ways capitalism, power, and ideology shape and are shaped by the stories we love. Written and performed by Eric Rosenfield, Literate Machine is available as blog entries, podcast, and YouTube channel. He/him. No AI was used in the creation of anything on this channel. For more information on the project and recommended reading see: https://literatemachine.com/what-is-this/

32:12

Is Ground News a Psy-Op?

Literate Machine · 580K views · 1 month ago

41:35

The Medievalization of Work and the Cooperative Cure

Literate Machine · 96K views · 3 weeks ago

57:10

Our Coming Cyberpunk Dictatorship (Snow Crash)

Literate Machine · 42K views · 1 year ago

53:20

Ground News and the War on Reality

Literate Machine · 737K views · 2 months ago

25:03

50k Q&A video

Literate Machine · 14K views · 10 days ago

33:55

Why we need some people to be disposable

Literate Machine · 81K views · 5 months ago

24:06

The Anti-Life or How Capitalism Will Die (with Math)

Literate Machine · 422K views · 4 months ago

40:52

Loki and How Conservatives Become Fascists

Literate Machine · 322K views · 4 years ago

1:16:58

How Will Capitalism End? The Orville, Eduard Bernstein, and What is to Be Done?

Literate Machine · 51K views · 2 years ago

23:41

How the Hippies Became Yuppies: The Trial of the Chicago 7

Literate Machine · 16K views · 5 years ago

59:06

Anarchism and the Promise of Revolution (V for Vendetta)

Literate Machine · 49K views · 6 months ago

37:55

Elon Musk, Wokeness, and the Myth of Meritocracy

Literate Machine · 51K views · 2 years ago

1:05:01

Superman and the Case for Open Borders

Literate Machine · 42K views · 8 months ago

1:00:39

Gaiman/Trump and the New Thought Behind the Abuse

Literate Machine · 142K views · 1 year ago

1:16:06

Star Trek into Socialism: Or Who Deserves the Future

Literate Machine · 53K views · 3 years ago

11:45

Doctor Who, Kerblam!, and the Problem of Capitalism

Literate Machine · 4.9K views · 6 years ago

15:53

Superheroes and the Police

Literate Machine · 5.3K views · 6 years ago

3:13:02

Gravity's Rainbow Over Palestine

Literate Machine · 24K views · 1 year ago

27:48

Why Infinite Growth Really Isn't Possible

Literate Machine · 57K views · 3 months ago

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