{"id":4995,"date":"2016-02-20T12:35:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T17:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afutureworththinkingabout.com\/?p=4995"},"modified":"2016-11-20T14:47:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T19:47:15","slug":"audio-presentations-of-non-human-consciousness-in-speculative-fiction-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afutureworththinkingabout.com\/?p=4995","title":{"rendered":"Audio: &#8220;Presentations of Non-Human Consciousness in Speculative Fiction Media&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4995-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/patreon.posts\/13646584285783886695.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/patreon.posts\/13646584285783886695.mp3\">https:\/\/s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/patreon.posts\/13646584285783886695.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/patreon.posts\/13646584285783886695.mp3\">Direct Link to the Mp3<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Last week I gave a talk at the Southwest Popular and American Culture Association&#8217;s 2016 conference in Albuquerque.\u00a0Take a listen and see what you think.<\/p>\n<p>It was part of the panel on &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/conference2016.southwestpca.org\/session\/philosophy-and-popular-culture-2-consciousness-self-and-epistemology\" rel=\"bookmark\">Consciousness, the Self, and Epistemology,<\/a>&#8216; and notes on my comrade presenters can be found in last week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyletter.com\/Technoccult\/letters\/technoccult-news-abq-ord-is-just-one-part-of-the-incantation-to-get-us-home\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter<\/a>. I highly recommend checking those notes out, as Craig Dersken and Burcu Gurkan&#8217;s talks were phenomenal. And if you like that newsletter kind of thing, you can subscribe to mine at that link, too.<\/p>\n<p>My talk was, in turn, a version of my article <a href=\"https:\/\/afutureworththinkingabout.com\/?p=4786\">&#8220;Fairytales of Slavery\u2026&#8221;<\/a>, so if listening to me speak words isn&#8217;t your thing, then you can read through that article, and get a pretty good sense of what I said, until I make a more direct transcript of my presentation.<\/p>\n<p>If you like what you&#8217;re reading and hearing, then remember that you can become a subscriber at the <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/wolven\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon<\/a> or you can leave a tip at <a href=\"http:\/\/Cash.me\/$Wolven\" target=\"_blank\">Cash.me\/$Wolven<\/a>. That is, as always, an inclusive disjunct.<\/p>\n<p>Until Next Time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/patreon.posts\/13646584285783886695.mp3 (Direct Link to the Mp3) Last week I gave a talk at the Southwest Popular and American Culture Association&#8217;s 2016 conference in Albuquerque.\u00a0Take a listen and see what you think. 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