Anthony J. Pennings, PhD

WRITINGS ON DIGITAL ECONOMICS, ENERGY STRATEGIES, AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS

Electric Money Never Sleeps

Money used to sleep a lot. It would nap while waiting for a telex message to go out. It would doze off while waiting for a telephone connection. It would slumber on railroad routes. It would hibernate on transoceanic crossings. By the mid-20th century, money developed insomnia. Computers and telecommunications were being used together to […]

Online Media Business Models: The Intercontinental Interview

Recently I was contacted by Stanislav Serdyukov, a second year Master’s program “Media Management” student in Moscow, Russia at the School of Business and Political Journalism at National Research University – Higher School of Economics. He is working on the master’s project with the theme “The Online Media Business Models and their Transformations” and wanted […]

Smith Effect III: Adam Smith, the Census Machine, and the Beginnings of IBM

This post further develops the thesis that Adam Smith’s new conception of the wealth set the foundation for modern information practices and calculating technologies.

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace – The Poem

I’m following and commenting on the BBC documentary series All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis. So I wanted to post the actual poem and reading by American poet Richard Brautigan. I think it beautifully textualizes the early utopian vision of computers and nature working in harmony to provide a stable […]

All Watched Over by Heroes of Loving Grace

I took an interest in the BBC documentary by Adam Curtis called All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, named after American poet Richard Brautigan’s publication of the same name. What was emerging was a new cultural era of self-based “heroic” philosophies espoused by a divergent group of proponents. These included: authors such as Rand and George Gilder (Wealth and Poverty); economists such as Arthur Laffer, who championed supply-side economics and Milton Friedman of the Chicago School; and Self-help gurus such as Scientology’s L. Ron Hubbard, est’s Werner Erhard and fire-walker Tony Robbins. Even heroic popular culture icons in Star Wars and the Superman movies helped characterize the new era.

Setting Up Your IT/Media Enterprise as an LLC

First off, I am neither an accountant nor an attorney so by all means obtain proper counsel for setting up your business. That said, I’m often asked about setting up a company and wanted to point out some options and things to think about when starting up your business. In particular, you should look at […]

G-8 Declares Support for Internet’s Role in Democratic Movements

The G8 Declaration: Renewed Commitment for Freedom and Democracy May 26-27, 2011 (released on May 27, 2011) The Group of 8 nations (G-8) recently met in Deauville, France and among other issues, affirmed the role of the Internet. The Obama administration has taken a more multilateral approach to world affairs than the previous administration and […]

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  • About Me

    Professor at State University of New York (SUNY) Korea since 2016. Moved to Austin, Texas in August 2012 to join the Digital Media Management program at St. Edwards University. Spent the previous decade on the faculty at New York University teaching and researching information systems, digital economics, and strategic communications.

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