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BB19: Living in the Google Archipelago with Michael Rectenwald
# Living in the Google Archipelago with Michael Rectenwald
Episode Webpage: https://blackbird.substack.com/p/bb19-living-in-the-google-archipelago
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: https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/
- Follow Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAntiPCProf
- Michael’s article mentioned, “Fighting Totalitarianism: Rothbard versus Monasticism”: https://mises.org/wire/fighting-totalitarianism-rothbard-versus-monasticism
- Michael’s Novel, "Thought Criminal": https://amzn.to/3d2yxJH
- Michael’s book discussed, "Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom": https://amzn.to/39f85vb
## Other Pertinent Links
- Alphabet (Google) Sidewalk Labs: https://www.sidewalklabs.com/
- Article: “Death of a Smart City — Alphabet bet big in Toronto. Toronto didn’t play along.”: https://onezero.medium.com/how-a-band-of-activists-and-one-tech-billionaire-beat-alphabets-smart-city-de19afb5d69e
- Article: “How exactly are smart cities built? From facial recognition and 5G networks to cheap sensors — these are the essential components”: https://www.thestar.com/news/atkinsonseries/2021/01/05/how-exactly-are-smart-cities-built-from-facial-recognition-and-5g-networks-to-cheap-sensors-these-are-the-essential-components.html
- Michael’s recommended news sources: The Epoch Times: https://www.theepochtimes.com/
- 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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Episode Webpage: https://blackbird.substack.com/p/bb19-living-in-the-google-archipelago
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: https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/
- Follow Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAntiPCProf
- Michael’s article mentioned, “Fighting Totalitarianism: Rothbard versus Monasticism”: https://mises.org/wire/fighting-totalitarianism-rothbard-versus-monasticism
- Michael’s Novel, "Thought Criminal": https://amzn.to/3d2yxJH
- Michael’s book discussed, "Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom": https://amzn.to/39f85vb
## Other Pertinent Links
- Alphabet (Google) Sidewalk Labs: https://www.sidewalklabs.com/
- Article: “Death of a Smart City — Alphabet bet big in Toronto. Toronto didn’t play along.”: https://onezero.medium.com/how-a-band-of-activists-and-one-tech-billionaire-beat-alphabets-smart-city-de19afb5d69e
- Article: “How exactly are smart cities built? From facial recognition and 5G networks to cheap sensors — these are the essential components”: https://www.thestar.com/news/atkinsonseries/2021/01/05/how-exactly-are-smart-cities-built-from-facial-recognition-and-5g-networks-to-cheap-sensors-these-are-the-essential-components.html
- Michael’s recommended news sources: The Epoch Times: https://www.theepochtimes.com/
- 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)
## Sponsor
BeYou Enterprises invites you back to your own body. Juliet Nail teaches yoga and other body awareness techniques to help you and your employees reach their wellness goals. Get in touch with Juliet today.
https://www.beyouenterprises.com/
## Learn With Me
### Renegade University
Join me at Thad Russell’s Renegade University. His postmodernism course is available on replay now. Check out the other offerings to enroll in current and future courses. I think you’ll be particularly interested in what’s coming up in April, Vin Armani's introduction to cryptocurrency.
https://blackbirdpodcast.com/renegade-vin
https://blackbirdpodcast.com/renegade
### Liberty Classroom
I’ve renewed my Basic Membership to Tom Woods’s Liberty Classroom so many times that I finally just sprung for the lifetime Master Membership. I recommend you do the same. You’ll get unlimited access to courses on history, economics, political theory, logic, and even literature taught by liberty-loving professors from colleges and universities around the world. It’s the antidote to
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