The 'Technopolitics' of Cody Wilson

What does Cody Wilson—the founder of Defense Distributed, the company responsible for the world's first 3D-printed gun—really want? And how close is he to achieving it? That's the subject of filmmaker Jessica Solce's new feature documentary Death Athletic: A Dissident Architecture, which is available for purchase here: https://www.deathathletic.com/

Full texts and links: https://reason.com/video/2023/10/31/t...

Solce followed Wilson for seven years as he grew the world's most famous DIY gun company, prevented multiple lawsuits from shutting it down, faced his own personal legal troubles around a sex case, and established himself as the leading voice and practitioner of crypto-anarchism.

Interview by Zach Weissmueller; edited by Regan Taylor; and sound editing by Ian Keyser.

Photo Credit: CHUCK KENNEDY/MCT/Newscom; Defense Distributed.
Music Credit: "That Sound," by Oliver Michael via Artlist.