Literally 2 Cents About Content! is a podcast about mass content production and the broader concept of labeling all creative work ”content.” Why do we call everything anyone produces ”content”? How does this ”content” frame affect us as content consumers? And what types of conditions do content creators labor under?
Check out Liz’s website at https://lizmakesstuff.com and Alex’s site at www.content-lab.agency
As we approach the 30th anniversary of its release, Alex and Liz look back quasi-fondly at the Nintendo 64, including:
Its historical place, as the first Nintendo console to debut during Japan's Lost Decades and after the Cold War.
Why it was so difficult to develop for, even for seasoned software shops.
How it was in retrospect a failed attempt at what the Nintendo Switch ultimately achieved: a technical breakthrough that ran on old-fashioned ROM carts
16 Aug 2025
David Golumbia retrospective, part 1: "Is Wario cyberlibertarian?"
Alex and Liz discuss only some of the works of linguist, philosopher, and academic David Golumbia, including:
The Cultural Logic of Computation (2009)
The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism (2016)
Cyberlibertarianism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology (2024)
Technology and Silicon Valley are often associated with left-leaning politics. Still, various causes (SOPA/PIPA discourse, internet publication and copyright discourse, digital innovation) have roots in libertarian or conservative and reactionary narratives. Golumbia’s work shows that it’s difficult (read: impossible) to divorce reactionary values from Silicon Valley and its staunchest supporters.
Reading list:
The Great White Robot God
A declaration of the independence of cyberspace
The Language of Science and the Science of Language: Chomsky's Cartesianism
5 Mar 2025
An insult to dumpsters and fires
Alex and Liz talk about the Glassdoor reviews of their old employer, touch upon the depravity of working for an SEO content mill, and compare monopoly and monopsony.
The classic Popula article about working at this very content mill.
What is monopsony?
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