How did the anti-establishment cultural revolution of the 60s
and 70s end up so entangled with the high-tech digital
revolution of the 80s and 90s? In this Unbound
conversation, author Fred Turner (From Counterculture to
Cyberculture) and WIE's Carter Phipps avidly
discuss the roots and reasons for this unique confluence and its
significance for the future. Focusing on the unique character
and influence of Steward Brand—original member of the
Merry Pranksters, creator of The Whole Earth Catalog,
founder of the Global Business Network, to name only a few of
his many accomplishments—Turner weaves a portrait of
American culture (with Brand at the center of it all) that spans
three generations. He touches on other seminal figures (John
Cage, Paul Ehrlich, Buckminster Fuller) and the driving ideas
behind them (cybernetics, systems theory, social networking) in his critique of a cultural movement still in motion.
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Recorded on: 3/27/2007
Computer Technology
Postmodern Culture
Media and Communications