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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

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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"
Arthur Kroker, read by Bob Dobbsreported

Cameron finds Kroker's writing over-schematic, though he allows he might "take another look at Data Trash."

"too classificatory"
Cameron McEwenhedgedqualifier: “allows he might reconsider”
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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"
Bob Dobbsasserted

Connections

authored byArthur Kroker

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.