The Real Legacy of Stewart Brand

Paris Marx is joined by Malcolm Harris to discuss the legacy of Stewart Brand and why the myth we’re often told about him overstates the reality of his impact.

Malcolm Harris is the author of Kids These Days, Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit, and his forthcoming book Palo Alto. He also writes for New York Magazine. Follow Malcolm on Twitter at @BigMeanInternet.

• Malcolm Harris wrote a critical review of John Markoff’s Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand.
• Benjamin Kunkel also wrote a critical review of Whole Earth.
• The Stewart Brand documentary We Are As Gods about his quest to bring back wholly mammoths to solve climate change is slowly being rolled out after two years of delay and seeming lack of sales interest.
• Brand’s Long Now Foundation is building a 10,000-year clock in Texas that’s funded by Jeff Bezos.
• We also mention Fred Turner’s From Counterculture to Cyberculture.

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