BB19: Living in the Google Archipelago with Michael Rectenwald

Living in the Google Archipelago with Michael Rectenwald

Former Marxist scholar Michael Rectenwald joins me today to talk about his work on the surveillance state. We also touch on his fiction, Freedom Cells, Urban Agorism, and whether we should flee to the country or stay and fight.

Michael Links

• Michael’s homepage

• Follow Michael on Twitter

• Michael’s article mentioned, “Fighting Totalitarianism: Rothbard versus Monasticism”

• Michael’s Novel, Thought Criminal

• Michael’s book discussed, Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom

Other Pertinent Links

• Alphabet (Google) Sidewalk Labs

• Article: “Death of a Smart City — Alphabet bet big in Toronto. Toronto didn’t play along.”

• Article: “How exactly are smart cities built? From facial recognition and 5G networks to cheap sensors — these are the essential components”

• Michael’s recommended news sources: The Epoch Times and I n f o W a r s (which you can find yourself because I’d like people to be able to find this podcast)

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