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Slavoj Žižek + Paul Holdengräber "Surveillance and whistleblowers" - International Authors' Stage

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Privacy, surveillance & cybercrimeFree speech, censorship & civil libertiesPhilosophy & ethics

What it is

Slavoj Zizek and Paul Holdengraber discuss surveillance and whistleblowers at the International Authors' Stage, ranging over Snowden, Assange, Pussy Riot and humor.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters call it an entertaining, complementary philosophical take on surveillance, with a funny story about jamming secret police.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2016

What HN commenters said

  1. “Even if you don't like Slavoj Žižek, he has a funny story related to this”

    Zizek tells a funny story about dissidents jamming the secret police.

    rdtsc, 2014-07 · Recommendation · in “Jamming XKeyScore”

  2. “is quite entertaining”

    Entertaining Zizek and Holdengraber conversation on surveillance and whistleblowers.

    TheSpiceIsLife, 2014-10 · Recommendation · in “Stop Australia's Data Retention Bill”

  3. “Fun watch imo.”

    Zizek talk on surveillance, a fun watch.

    RodericDay, 2016-09 · Recommendation · in “Google’s become an obsessive stalker”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: zizek, surveillance, snowden, assange, philosophy

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