submit to the drones

submit to the drones This winter, my co-blogger Adam Rothstein and I used this site to have a conversation about drones. We didn’t start the conversation; we were responding to a growing murmur of voices asking what it meant that

submit to the drones

submit to the drones This winter, my co-blogger Adam Rothstein and I used this site to have a conversation about drones. We didn’t start the conversation; we were responding to a growing murmur of voices asking what it meant that

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how drones date online

It’s Friday night in some zone of temporality and a large number of drones are logging on to online dating sites. They are sitting in front of their computers, and they are lounging on the couch on their touchscreen devices,

how drones date online

It’s Friday night in some zone of temporality and a large number of drones are logging on to online dating sites. They are sitting in front of their computers, and they are lounging on the couch on their touchscreen devices,

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technology, literature, and empathy: a complication

Two posts ago, I countered the notion that fiction had no role in policy debates, specifically the debates surrounding President Obama’s drone program. Fiction, I argued, by inviting us into the inner lives of its characters, can teach us to

technology, literature, and empathy: a complication

Two posts ago, I countered the notion that fiction had no role in policy debates, specifically the debates surrounding President Obama’s drone program. Fiction, I argued, by inviting us into the inner lives of its characters, can teach us to

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future strikes

Drone strikes on American sovereign territory. This eventuality (if it is not already a fact) would be a bit of an anti-climax, given the number of drone strikes that already take place on non-American sovereign territory, places that have fallen

future strikes

Drone strikes on American sovereign territory. This eventuality (if it is not already a fact) would be a bit of an anti-climax, given the number of drone strikes that already take place on non-American sovereign territory, places that have fallen

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more drone fiction, please!

I want to add my voice to my fellow blogger Adam Rothstein’s defense of fiction. Especially fiction about drones. In so doing, I realize I’m writing a response to a response to a response. But that’s the internet way of

more drone fiction, please!

I want to add my voice to my fellow blogger Adam Rothstein’s defense of fiction. Especially fiction about drones. In so doing, I realize I’m writing a response to a response to a response. But that’s the internet way of

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how to write drone fiction

Earlier this week, Teju Cole posted seven short stories about drones on his twitter account. Here they are, reprinted from The New Inquiry: 1. Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. Pity. A signature strike leveled the florist’s.

how to write drone fiction

Earlier this week, Teju Cole posted seven short stories about drones on his twitter account. Here they are, reprinted from The New Inquiry: 1. Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. Pity. A signature strike leveled the florist’s.

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social media war-machine

Certainly, an amount of surprise at the Israeli Defense Forces social media onslaught in the latest assault on Gaza is to be expected. The internet and its various platforms are for many of us a safe space, if not the

social media war-machine

Certainly, an amount of surprise at the Israeli Defense Forces social media onslaught in the latest assault on Gaza is to be expected. The internet and its various platforms are for many of us a safe space, if not the

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