Data Trash is Arthur Kroker's 1994 book with Michael Weinstein — a "postmodern Marxism" that updated Marx with the theory of the "virtual class," a year before the internet went popular. Bob treats it (with Kroker's Spasm and The Possessed Individual) as one source of his "Android Meme processor," while Cameron finds Kroker's method over-schematic. New to it — start with dialogue 15 for the Android-Meme connection.
Across the dialogues
Placed in Kroker's arc — the 1994 book (with Michael Weinstein) that updated Marx with the "virtual class," a year before the internet went popular
Bob places the 1994 book (Kroker with Michael Weinstein) as a postmodern update of Marx — the "virtual class" named a year before the internet went popular.
"the virtual class"
Cameron finds Kroker's writing over-schematic, though he allows he might "take another look at Data Trash."
"too classificatory"
Mined for the "Android Meme processor" — the proliferating CNN-era newsreaders Bob renamed, though Kroker "didn't have the word meme"
Bob credits the book (with Spasm and The Possessed Individual) as a source of his "Android Meme processor" — the proliferating CNN-era newsreaders, though Kroker lacked the word "meme."
"the Walter Cronkites"
Connections
Kroker's 1994 book with Michael Weinstein — a postmodern update of Marx built on the "virtual class."
From this book (with Spasm and The Possessed Individual) Bob took the "Android Meme processor" — the proliferating newsreaders.