Noumenology

Can we at least get a doo-wop version of Good King Wenceslas in 19/16?

What do people DO in SeaOrg?

By that I mean, you have all these ships, a big private navy... and where do they go? Is it just a non-stop "pleasure" cruise? Are you transporting things?

Also, are the actual sailors (like people who know how to make the boat work) certified and trained inside the church or outside it like regular sailors? Are they hired on?

Every real life scientist and grad student knows Big Bang Theory is nerd blackface.

other scholars who work on trolling, if you're interested in that, include Whitney Philips and Alice Marwick.

I am at a similar program and doing somewhat related work. Digital utopianism is very alluring, but as you suggest in your abstract, even though things have the potential to be politicaly empowering, they tend to remediate dominant discourses.

what are your thoughts on the way forms of media and venues like reddit seem to "enclose" discourse and promote hegemony? do you have any thoughts on refusal/non-use? do you still believe in the instrumentalist ideals of utopians, or have you read and engaged with so called technological determinists and philosophy of technology that is less optimistic about such technics?