Listener comments!

♥ 11:15am
: Hey, Mark! Not usually able to listen live but wanted to drop in and say I got my first copy of the Luddite newsletter last week! Thanks for all you do. 🤖 ♥ 5:47pm
ultradamno: Mark! Techtoncutarians! ♥ 6:00pm
DanFA: Hello, my name is DanFA and I'm a phonealoic. 🤖 ♥ 6:00pm
Deano de los Muertos: Howdy Mark. Wazzap, Bob?! 🤖 ♥ 6:01pm
Handy Haversack: Mark and the Techyons! ♥ 6:03pm
DanFA: I can barely hear you Mark. ♥ 6:04pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Mark and techies, hello from the north country! ♥ 6:04pm
lazy pierogi: I took the largest hammer in my workshop and I scribed GREAT ENOCH on the handle.

if you know you know!

  6:05pm
David (in London): Evening Mark and all Technoids here gathered. ♥ 6:05pm
∫ydniuß: smash the looms! ♥ 6:05pm
PaulRobeson1925: Ok Ok   6:07pm
Sam: Call the film “Sex and Luddites” 😄 🤖 ♥ 6:07pm
Bas NL: Hi Mark! Hi all! ♥ 6:08pm
melinda: hi everyone   6:08pm
Marie in Chicago: Hi Mark, hi All!   6:08pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ Sam @6:07

good idea! 6:09pm
dro: Hi, sorry, I missed the name of the book she just recommended. What was it? ♥ 6:09pm
PaulRobeson1925: Hi, Amanda! Sounds like you would enjoy Neil Postman too! 🤖 ♥ 6:09pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ lazy pierogi @6:04

SMASH 'EM! ♥ 6:09pm
PaulRobeson1925: , too! 🤖 ♥ 6:09pm
Webhamster Henry: Scrolling ourselves to death << Post-Postman ♥ 6:09pm
Mark T: Good evening everyone ♥ 6:11pm
PaulRobeson1925:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:09

Guilty as charged, baby   6:12pm
Sam: Call me whatever pejorative term you like, I’m still not staring at a phone all day and putting spy devices in my home. ♥ 6:13pm
lazy pierogi:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:09

📱🔨 ♥ 6:14pm
PaulRobeson1925: 1959-1966 golden age for Dictionaries ♥ 6:14pm
melinda: I still have the Random House unabridged dictionary my father gave me as a graduation present   6:15pm
Sam:

↳ PaulRobeson1925 @6:14

And for traveling Encyclopedia salesmen ♥ 6:15pm
PaulRobeson1925:

↳ Sam @6:15

Different book, baby ♥ 6:18pm
Dan S: I pretty much get by with a flip-phone. It gets me some funny looks at times. 🤖 ♥ 6:18pm
Deano de los Muertos: No more young people!   6:19pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ melinda @6:14

I have an awesome thesaurus that categorizes words by meaning. So useful for a writer (which I'm not anymore). 🤖 ♥ 6:19pm
Webhamster Henry: I'm 202 years old, everyone else is a "young person" 🤖 ♥ 6:20pm
ultradamno: Not to defend Chuck Schumer, but I saw a woman on MSNBC basically posit that his use of a flip phone disqualified him for office. ♥ 6:23pm
melinda: Where did the Steve Buscemi meme come from? ♥ 6:23pm
nadia h: I'm 16. I hate technology. I finally got a flip phone...it's useful but part of me feels like i'm betraying something. 🤖 ♥ 6:23pm
ultradamno: knowyourmeme.com... 🤖 ♥ 6:23pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Greetings, Mark and Markluddites. Checking for robot endorsement. 🤖 🤖 ♥ 6:24pm
ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @6:23

Short version: 30 Rock 🤖 ♥ 6:24pm
Handy Haversack: I have a Casio digital watch. $20 and waterproof! 🤖 ♥ 6:25pm
Bas NL:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:24

F-91W?   6:26pm
Sam:

↳ nadia h @6:23

Maybe just get a land line and an answering machine 🤖 ♥ 6:28pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Bas NL @6:25

Yerp! 🤖 ♥ 6:28pm
Deano de los Muertos: I’ve been at dinners, waiting for food, and I was the only one not on my phone 🤖 ♥ 6:28pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Bas NL @6:25

I don't even wear it. Just keep it in my pocket. When I canoe, I do it up around the strap of my marine radio for easy access.   6:30pm
hoeg: oh i bought a casio, for no apparent reason it's significantly bigger than the one i had in the 80s and the strap broke in no time :| 🤖 ♥ 6:30pm
Bas NL:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:28

:) Just asking as i replaced my 40+ year old F-91W with a new one.. still on offer by casio. 🤖 ♥ 6:32pm
Bas NL: i have noticed a shift from people on their phone to wearing headphones. 🤖 ♥ 6:33pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Bas NL @6:30

The worst thing about getting this one was that they also sent me a Casio sticker ... in a separate package. With plastic puff packing bubbles. 🤖 ♥ 6:34pm
Will thee SG OCNY: Been listening, Hi Mark Hurst, Amanda, and all!!!   6:35pm
sensisio: 🙂🙃👋🏼 🤖 ♥ 6:36pm
Bas NL:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:33

Nice! Bloatware! 6:37pm
anomalee:

↳ Marie in Chicago @6:19

Haiku

Summer blinked out. cool
As the leaves turn like broken
stars, a plethora

🤖 ♥ 6:39pm
Bas NL: I got a call today if i could install Whatsapp so they'd be able to call me...   6:39pm
Hugo (NL): Hiii ♥ 6:39pm
MIster Mark: So.. computers are okay but smartphones are bad? Or.. 6:39pm
anomalee: hola KFHP ♥ 6:40pm
Mark Hurst: Yeah Netherlands!   6:41pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ anomalee @6:37

omg, I love that, that is truly beautiful. I love haikus. I will try to write one about how my cat's eyes sometimes look like dark stars 🤖 ♥ 6:41pm
ultradamno: THE Tim Apple? 6:43pm
anomalee:

↳ Marie in Chicago @6:41

Autumn breathes a chill
clouds await a sun-glow
Water dreams of Spring   6:44pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ anomalee @6:43

another beauty, anomalee ♥ 6:46pm
PaulRobeson1925: DJ.Bill Zebub 🤖 ♥ 6:46pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @6:34

Will, we waved as we passed somewhere near you today. And ee went through the whole legal ID: We picked up 90.1 on NY 17 in Orange County, 91.9 in Rockland when we got on the Palisades Pkwy, 91.1 as we got down to the GWB, and 91.9 again once we hit Queens. Upper Manhattan was the major dead zone! 6:47pm
anomalee:

↳ Marie in Chicago @6:44

i still collect music cd's and used to own a Crosley suitcase record player   6:48pm
GC in Bmore: Mark your show is a treasure! Every darn week. 6:48pm
anomalee: for some strange reason i never bought into British punk rock 🤖 ♥ 6:48pm
Handy Haversack: Collected in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again.

The DFW piece.

♥ 6:49pm
PaulRobeson1925: In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw a line in the internet sand and I say, Facebook now, facebook tomorrow, Meta forever… 6:49pm
anomalee: i was done with Facebook decades ago. 6:50pm
anomalee: i didn't adhere to the high school drama   6:50pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ anomalee @6:47

neato. Yeah, I only have CDs now (and a few records). I refused to go with yet another medium change. F' that. Why give them more of my money and not even be able to own the musical recording?   6:50pm
Marie in Chicago: I was done with Facebook before I was born.... @) 6:51pm
anomalee: my brother in law doesn't own 1 music cd.   6:52pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ anomalee @6:51

what, did he dump 'em? ♥ 6:52pm
PaulRobeson1925: Facebook is trying to co-opt the word Meta. What does it mean? To change the name to a word associated with the other side? A word associated with the highest power and the other thing

Has anyone written about this?

6:52pm
anomalee: i never thought Meta was cool or that Facebook is the future.   6:52pm
Marie in Chicago: Facebook is so exploitative of human nature 6:53pm
anomalee:

↳ Marie in Chicago @6:52

No, he likes music but not in a physical state. 6:53pm
anomalee: i like to develop wishlists on certain web sites. ♥ 6:54pm
Folsom:

↳ anomalee @6:53

I still get the WFMU swag CDs then rip them, takes a bit to type all the info in. ♥ 6:54pm
PaulRobeson1925:

↳ PaulRobeson1925 @6:52

I wonder. 6:54pm
anomalee: i don't think Gen Z understands what it means to rip a cd. 🤖 ♥ 6:54pm
ultradamno: UK Broadcaster gave AI a job to prove that AI will take jobs www.avclub.com... 6:55pm
anomalee: i was born in '74.   6:55pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ anomalee @6:53

I see. I like to have a physical representation. And I appreciate the art, colors, etc. of the packaging. I like to be an able to look at a stack. I read onscreen for 8 hours a day for money and I get a lot of eyestrain. I don't want to read anything on a digital screen if I don't have to 🤖 ♥ 6:55pm
Handy Haversack: Thanks, Mark, Amanda!

Smash a digital loom, everyone!

  6:57pm
Marie in Chicago: out of sight out of mind. I want to see my damn music in my environment without having to access it though anything else ♥ 6:57pm
bleubombersune: Amanda & Mark Thanks 6:57pm
anomalee:

↳ Marie in Chicago @6:55

yup i am totally adherent to the liner notes and the art work and the packaging too.   6:57pm
Sluggo: What a great conversation! Thanks folks 🙏 ♥ 6:57pm
Dave V: Great interview, thanks! 6:57pm
anomalee: cool topic ♥ 6:58pm
PaulRobeson1925: Amanda has a great voice 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
joe mulligan: I just deleted 40 apps on my phone! 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
Bas NL: Thanks Mark! Thanks Amanda!   6:59pm
Marie in Chicago: Danke, Mark and Amanda! 🤖 ♥ 6:59pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Mark and Amanda! 🤖 ♥ 6:59pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Computer" by "The Microbes"

Hell Came to Frog Town. 🤖 ♥ 6:59pm
Deano de los Muertos: Thanks Mark and Amanda! 6:59pm
anomalee: If only Devo or Kraftwerk designed a new operating system. ♥ 6:59pm
Mark Hurst: Thanks, everyone! 🤖 ♥ 7:02pm
Will thee SG OCNY:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:46

Nice 🤖 ♥ 7:02pm
Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Mark!!!   10:26pm
Amanda:

↳ PaulRobeson1925 @6:09

i love neil postman! we’re trying to create more technological resistance fighters <3