WFMU: Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlist from November 13, 2017

Listener comments!
	6:04pm geezerette: Hello, Mark and other tonics.
	🤖 6:05pm Bas NL: Hi Mark! Hi geezerette!
	6:06pm geezerette: Hey Bas!
	6:06pm melinda: Hi people
	6:07pm geezerette: Howdy Melinda!
	6:08pm melinda: What a clueless response.
	6:08pm geezerette: Big Tech is a secular religion. There's a lot of magical thinking.
	6:09pm Number Six: Greetings, Mark & All!
	6:12pm geezerette: I read that article. Was not surprised at all.
	🤖 6:14pm Webhamster Henry: Hurricanes should not be measured by a death rate.
	6:15pm Timpanogos Slim: Facebook wasn't hardly the first social media site. It was preceded by many. Also, Silicon Valley is a sitcom - it's not about technology.
	6:16pm caver_mike: Who will protect children's brains? I thought that was the jiob of the parents.
	🤖 6:17pm Webhamster Henry: The USVI was also pretty wiped out. newsofstjohn.com
	6:17pm northguineahills: Isn't still close to 2/3rds of PR are w/o electricity?
	🤖 6:21pm Webhamster Henry: The electricity news from PR: fortune.com...
	6:21pm Timpoanotos Slim: geezerette, i don't think it's so much that Big Tech is a religion as many who are in big tech leadership have religious views of technology. It may be because they see technology from the executive vantage point, and not the nuts-and-bolts point. They have a mystical perception because they have removed themselves from reality.
	6:23pm geezerette: www.theguardian.com... Guardian U.K. article on smartphone addiction Puerto Rico is Katrina redux.
	6:26pm northguineahills: I'm actually mapping hurricane disturbance to vegetation in the Everglades right now from Hurricane Irma.
	🤖 6:28pm Ken From Hyde Park: I've not heard anything yet on the status of former WFMU DJ HotRod (aka Atabey). I believe she relocated to PR.
	6:29pm geezerette: TS, we actually agree. There's a cult like aspect. I know some long time Los Altos thinkers, people who were coding in the '70s. Not one of them myself.
	6:32pm Timpoanotos Slim: Beliefs like technological singularity, simulationism, and to some extent "Moore's law" are just religion for nerds.
	🤖 6:34pm Webhamster Henry: 69% Hotels 61% Casinos Last update: 04/nov/2017 Source: Compañía de Turismo
	🤖 6:34pm Webhamster Henry: That's probably where the electricity is!
	6:34pm northguineahills: Thanks for the website!
	🤖 6:35pm Webhamster Henry: I can just imagine Project Loon during a Cat 4 hurricane.
	6:35pm geezerette: ngh, interesting! What a great job, seeing real world things the news is made of. TS, that industry consists of nerds, even the sales force.
	6:36pm Timpoanotos Slim: I've been in the tech industry for 20 years. The sales force might skew nerdy but there's a difference between being into tech and knowing how to build it
	6:37pm Timpoanotos Slim: in the same way that there's a big difference between watching football and playing it
	6:38pm geezerette: It's the culture that interests me.
	6:41pm philthescreener: Call at 201-209-9368!
	🤖 6:42pm Webhamster Henry: Well, P.R. recovery stories are great P.R.!
	6:46pm Mark Hurst: Casa Pueblo: casapueblo.org
	6:51pm melinda: I like the scam music
	🤖 6:51pm Webhamster Henry: Here's your hi tech mosquito solution: www.fastcompany.com...
	6:54pm herb.nyc: There's a bitcoin ATM at a grocery shop near Film Forum; friendly staff and cat as well.
	🤖 6:54pm Ken From Hyde Park: I wonder how many Puerto Ricans will be unable so sign up for healthcare because they're without electricity.
	6:54pm Number Six: Ha! I just got one saying that 3 people had just unfriended me on FB and telling me to install a new app to find out who did this. Only prob, I'm not even on FB!
	6:55pm glenn: ya know... anybody dumb enough to think the i.r.s. or the c.r.a. will take bitcoin or itunes gift cards in lieu of cash kinda deserves to be scammed.
	🤖 6:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: I've gotten several letters asking me to join a class action lawsuit about a transmission problem with my car. The problem affects automatics, but mine is a manual.
	🤖 6:59pm Bas NL: Thanks Mark, Ken!
	7:00pm northguineahills: Thanks Mark!
	🤖 7:00pm Webhamster Henry: Nobody Knows in Amer-i-ca, Puerto Rico's in America! -- from the same show Hear ya next week!

Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlist from November 13, 2017

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Conversations with creators and thinkers who are charting the way forward in a tech-saturated society. In our shift to a digital future, we need alternatives to Big Tech. Homepage: techtonic.fm

Also available as an MP3 podcast. More info at our Podcast Central page.

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Mon. Nov 4th, 6pm - 7pm: Dystopia update (More info...)
Chatbots are now running rampant - appearing in new-model cars - as we're being told to "be nice to chatbots." Stores are using "digital price tags," which rely on surveillance to set the price to the company's liking. Meantime, Google's AI is giving wrong answers, in some cases, almost half the time. All these and more in Mark's dystopia update.
Mon. Dec 23rd, 6pm - 7pm: Don Fleming guest hosts Techtonic

November 13, 2017: Should We Cheer Big Tech For "Helping" In Puerto Rico? feat. Prof. Zaire Dinzey-Flores

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This week, discussing Big Tech in Puerto Rico with Rutgers professor Zaire Dinzey-Flores. (Above: Zuck on his VR tour of Puerto Rico. See the GQ story for details.)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Is Big Tech good for Puerto Rico? Mark interviews Rutgers sociology professor Zaire Dinzey-Flores about her friends' and families' experience in Puerto Rico during and after Hurricane Maria. Also, Sean Parker takes Facebook to task.
Tomaš Dvořák	Game Boy Tune "Game Boy Tune" by "Tomaš Dvořák"	none	Tomaš Dvořák	0:01:56 (Pop-up)
	Mark's intro "Mark's intro"
	Interview with Prof. Zaire Dinzey-Flores			0:18:04 (Pop-up)
	Your calls and comments "Your calls and comments"			0:40:09 (Pop-up)
	Scam Roundup from Station Manager Ken "Scam Roundup from Station Manager Ken"			0:51:10 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:04pm geezerette: Hello, Mark and other tonics.
	🤖 6:05pm Bas NL: Hi Mark! Hi geezerette!
	6:06pm geezerette: Hey Bas!
	6:06pm melinda: Hi people
	6:07pm geezerette: Howdy Melinda!
	6:08pm melinda: What a clueless response.
	6:08pm geezerette: Big Tech is a secular religion. There's a lot of magical thinking.
	6:09pm Number Six: Greetings, Mark & All!
	6:12pm geezerette: I read that article. Was not surprised at all.
	🤖 6:14pm Webhamster Henry: Hurricanes should not be measured by a death rate.
	6:15pm Timpanogos Slim: Facebook wasn't hardly the first social media site. It was preceded by many. Also, Silicon Valley is a sitcom - it's not about technology.
	6:16pm caver_mike: Who will protect children's brains? I thought that was the jiob of the parents.
	🤖 6:17pm Webhamster Henry: The USVI was also pretty wiped out. newsofstjohn.com
	6:17pm northguineahills: Isn't still close to 2/3rds of PR are w/o electricity?
	🤖 6:21pm Webhamster Henry: The electricity news from PR: fortune.com...
	6:21pm Timpoanotos Slim: geezerette, i don't think it's so much that Big Tech is a religion as many who are in big tech leadership have religious views of technology. It may be because they see technology from the executive vantage point, and not the nuts-and-bolts point. They have a mystical perception because they have removed themselves from reality.
	6:23pm geezerette: www.theguardian.com... Guardian U.K. article on smartphone addiction Puerto Rico is Katrina redux.
	6:26pm northguineahills: I'm actually mapping hurricane disturbance to vegetation in the Everglades right now from Hurricane Irma.
	🤖 6:28pm Ken From Hyde Park: I've not heard anything yet on the status of former WFMU DJ HotRod (aka Atabey). I believe she relocated to PR.
	6:29pm geezerette: TS, we actually agree. There's a cult like aspect. I know some long time Los Altos thinkers, people who were coding in the '70s. Not one of them myself.
	6:32pm Timpoanotos Slim: Beliefs like technological singularity, simulationism, and to some extent "Moore's law" are just religion for nerds.
	🤖 6:34pm Webhamster Henry: 69% Hotels 61% Casinos Last update: 04/nov/2017 Source: Compañía de Turismo
	🤖 6:34pm Webhamster Henry: That's probably where the electricity is!
	6:34pm northguineahills: Thanks for the website!
	🤖 6:35pm Webhamster Henry: I can just imagine Project Loon during a Cat 4 hurricane.
	6:35pm geezerette: ngh, interesting! What a great job, seeing real world things the news is made of. TS, that industry consists of nerds, even the sales force.
	6:36pm Timpoanotos Slim: I've been in the tech industry for 20 years. The sales force might skew nerdy but there's a difference between being into tech and knowing how to build it
	6:37pm Timpoanotos Slim: in the same way that there's a big difference between watching football and playing it
	6:38pm geezerette: It's the culture that interests me.
	6:41pm philthescreener: Call at 201-209-9368!
	🤖 6:42pm Webhamster Henry: Well, P.R. recovery stories are great P.R.!
	6:46pm Mark Hurst: Casa Pueblo: casapueblo.org
	6:51pm melinda: I like the scam music
	🤖 6:51pm Webhamster Henry: Here's your hi tech mosquito solution: www.fastcompany.com...
	6:54pm herb.nyc: There's a bitcoin ATM at a grocery shop near Film Forum; friendly staff and cat as well.
	🤖 6:54pm Ken From Hyde Park: I wonder how many Puerto Ricans will be unable so sign up for healthcare because they're without electricity.
	6:54pm Number Six: Ha! I just got one saying that 3 people had just unfriended me on FB and telling me to install a new app to find out who did this. Only prob, I'm not even on FB!
	6:55pm glenn: ya know... anybody dumb enough to think the i.r.s. or the c.r.a. will take bitcoin or itunes gift cards in lieu of cash kinda deserves to be scammed.
	🤖 6:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: I've gotten several letters asking me to join a class action lawsuit about a transmission problem with my car. The problem affects automatics, but mine is a manual.
	🤖 6:59pm Bas NL: Thanks Mark, Ken!
	7:00pm northguineahills: Thanks Mark!
	🤖 7:00pm Webhamster Henry: Nobody Knows in Amer-i-ca, Puerto Rico's in America! -- from the same show Hear ya next week!

Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlist from November 13, 2017

Upcoming events:

Listener comments!

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