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Insights E7 - Apocalypse Later: Zen Dystopias & The Apple Watch
FromBeyond The Dial
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Sep 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Why do mechanical watches seem so calming and down to earth? Why does the Apple Watch seem so intrusive? In this episode, we travel in time to consider old and new technologies up against each other, and how a mechanical watch once felt oppressive, and how the Apple Watch may one day seem disconnected and archaic. James Bond and Marlon Brando make a guest appearance via a listener essay at the end.
Released:
Sep 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (77)
Insights E1 - Academic Perspectives on Watches: Host Allen Farmelo discusses various conceptual frameworks that we can use in attempting to understand watches. These include a mechanical perspective, cultural, social, historical, design, phenomenological, and (out on a limb here) New Age. This... by Beyond The Dial