Leo Cookman is a writer and musician based in Kent. He is currently a researcher and writer of scripts for the YouTube channel Wisecrack, which boasts over two million subscribers. He has written for the Hong Kong Review of Books, Philosophy Now magazine and has written features on Philosophy and Theory for several other publications. He is also the author of Time's Lie which is out today from Zero Books. Time's Lie helps decode how news and media have changed drastically since 2016 and examines the polarisation of the Left, the Right and the fight to control the Narrative. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfCVKTl4bXg

Adam is joined by Dr James Fox to discuss the legacy of cybernetics and organizational theory, its Leftist critics, and the potential for a cybernetics of the commune, one which politicizes the dynamic systems of democracy at play in worker organizing. We discussed public attitudes to cyber-theory, the history of the field from Wiener to Bogdanov and Stafford Beer, and the use of machinic language from Deleuze to the CCRU. You can read all of the pieces from James we discussed today over at https://tektology.substack.com/ Also: Catch James' talk on his work for the COVER centre at the University of Essex https://youtu.be/BO2LszSj9o8 Support Zer0 Books and Repeater Media on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books ----- Other links: Check out the projects of some of the new contributors to Zer0 Books: Acid Horizon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/acidhorizon Merch: crit-drip.com The Philosopher’s Tarot from Repeater Books: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-philosophers-tarot/ The Horror Vanguard Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-vanguard/id1445594437 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Buddies Without Organs Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/buddies-without-organs/id1543289939 Website: https://buddieswithout.org/ Xenogothic: https://xenogothic.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x92KOP5p8Is

In celebration of recently passing 50k youtube subscribers this video is reintroducing Zero Books as we set out to rethink critical theory, starting with the Situationist International’s Guy Debord. This video includes a modified dérive or an unplanned journey through an urban landscape. The aim of the journey is to discover the mood of criticism as it has been laid out by city planners and to arrive at some sort of unplanned objective conclusion. Related Books The Writing on the Wall by Anselm Jappe https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-writing-on-the-wall-anselm-jappe/1125511708 New Work New Culture by Frithjof Bergmann https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/new-work-new-culture-frithjof-bergmann/1129393134?ean=9781789040647 Kill All Normies by Angela Nagle https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kill-all-normies-angela-nagle/1126407450 Give Them an Argument: Logic For the Left by Ben Burgis https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/give-them-an-argument-ben-burgis/1131185232?ean=9781789042108 The Semiotics of Happiness by Ashley Frawley https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/semiotics-of-happiness-ashley-frawley/1118867463 The Playstation Dreamworld by Alfie Bown https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-playstation-dreamworld-alfie-bown/1126406907 Apocalyptics by C Derick Varn Bash Bash Revolution by Douglas Lain https://www.powells.com/book/-9781597809160 Zero Books Logo Animations and other animations donated by Brian Cole https://www.instagram.com/robotbloodco/ Music Includes We May Be On the Way of Realising One of Our Fondest Dreams By the ISO, a new collaborative project by John-Robin Bold and Andy Cowling. https://soundcloud.com/insearchofiso Macintosh Plus 420 on Guitar by The Guests https://theguests000.bandcamp.com/ Video and Music Clips from Storyblocks and the Prelinger Archive Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SADS3xa4apk

Ben Burgis has been experiencing some technical difficulties, but he promises he'll be back next week. In the meantime you might check out some of the essays he's been writing lately. Be Like Bernie at Aero Magazine https://areomagazine.com/2019/04/29/be-like-bernie-give-them-an-argument/ Marx Deserves Better Critics https://quillette.com/2019/04/24/marx-deserves-better-critics/ Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100 How to set up your Rode Microphone https://youtu.be/I6OXjnBIW-4 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNrRXK2NV9M