Interview with Shane Denson, Author of Discorrelated Images
We interview Shane Denson (Stanford University) about digital culture and technology, video games, film, streaming services, and his excellent scholarly book, Discorellated Images. We discuss how digital images and technologies change what it means to be human, whether or not we live in an age after the death of cinema (are movie theaters ancient history?), and what all of this has to do with the possibility of human extinction. It’s a heady conversation, but one that digs into fun things like what the Transformers movies might teach us about philosophy, how streaming has transformed how we literally see things, the appeal of vinyl records, and how Netflix and Hulu might just be responsible for the end of the world!