- Bruce Clarke and Mark B. N. Hansen, Emergence and Embodiment: New Essays on Second-Order Systems Theory (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2009).
- Peter Watts, Beyond the Rift (San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, 2013), 9.
- James Bridle, “ Do You Know This Person? ” Render Search, http://render-search.com/.
- Sarah Jaffe, “ Silicon Valley ’ s Gig Economy Is Not the Future of Work — It ’ s Driving Down Wages, ” Guardian, July 23, 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/23/ gig-economy-silicon-valley-taskrabbit-workers.
- When I was a youngster, my dislike for the Canadian rock band Rush was confirmed by the song “ Red Barchetta, ” about a guy who drives around in his muscle car in defiance of climate and pollution laws. Today, Johnny Dronehunter protects normatively masculine white guys from the emasculating influence of “ drones ” (and “ technology ” in general we assume) by zooming around inside his big metal box and shooting at things in the sky. Behold: “ Johnny Dronehunter: Defender of Privacy — Official Trailer Feat, ” Salvo 12 Shotgun Silencer, SilencerCo, 2014. https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIXwQVFt8Ho.
- The same Johnny Dronehunter: the bitter cyborg in a big heavy car, sitting down with his knees touching, his little eyes shielded, not only by a massive windshield, but also reflective lenses strapped to the front of this skull and covering his orbital sockets.
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