Category: Star Trek

  • I consider Star Trek to be a great text of Western Civilization

    “I consider Star Trek to be a great text of Western Civilization” Scientist Shapiro on his vision of progress and the future Alan N. Shapiro in discussion with Joachim Scholl, Deutschlandradio Kultur The philosopher and computer expert Alan N. Shapiro explains his ideal for a future as an “employer.”

  • Star Trek, Marx and Time Travel

    Alan Shapiro – Star guest of the next Transmediale – on new computers, 1968 and anarchism Interview in the Berlin daily newspaper “Neues Deutschland,” January 5, 2010 Translated from the German by Dwight “Doc” Gooden As a software specialist, Alan Shapiro would like to set the digital world on a new footing.