Alan: But isn't that the whole idea behind left-acceleration? On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 9:46 AM Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com> wrote:
> > I agree and the problem precisely is acceleration; the biosphere doesn't > adapt well to accelerated change, as the plights of sealions, walrus, > migrant birds, ocean lives, indicate. If anything, a form of holding-back, > learning to listen, listening, is necessary. The fundamental problem I > think is that we're blind when it comes to ecosystems, energy, micro- > biomes, and so forth. The fundamentals of mycology are being rewritten as > we discuss, and what's emerging are whole universes of ignorance. > Meanwhile we plow ahead, destroying the planet. It seems to me that > accelerationism is so fundamentally human-based (perhaps man-based for all > that), that it really overlooks collateral damage. And what do we do, for > example, with the increasingly violent drought in the Mid-East which is > exacerbating warfares and genocides? This needs slow, dirty work to deal > with it, culture theory which listens, not only to humans, but to life and > lives everywhere - > > Alan > > > On Sun, 24 Apr 2016, ruth catlow wrote: > > > Yes Michael, and this is profoundly poetic. > > > > All human traditions, values and communities are dissolved in an acid > bath > > of everlasting agitation and uncertainty. > > > > What this passage does not describe though is a situation where the wider > > ecologies of non-human planetary life, upon which we depend, are also > > fatally eroded. > > We need to sense and engage not just the real relations with "our kind" > > (expanded to engage people and perspectives of all kinds (YES Gretta!)), > but > > beyond, with other species, and materials. > > > > This must include a correction to systems of dominance - to which Simon > > points with his example of improper use of neuro-science to validate the > > 'use' of humans. > > > > > > > > > > On 23/04/16 16:38, Michael Szpakowski wrote: > > Marx & Engels on accelerationism in 1848: > > > > "The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionising > > the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of > > production, and with them the whole relations of society. > > Conservation of the old modes of production in unaltered form, > > was, on the contrary, the first condition of existence for all > > earlier industrial classes. Constant revolutionising of > > production, uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, > > everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the bourgeois > > epoch from all earlier ones. All fixed, fast-frozen relations, > > with their train of ancient and venerable prejudices and > > opinions, are swept away, all new-formed ones become antiquated > > before they can ossify. All that is solid melts into air, all > > that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face > > with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations > > with his kind." > > > > This does the *descriptive* job as well as anything written > > since and it still stands perfectly well... > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > > > -- > > Co-founder Co-director > > Furtherfield > > > > www.furtherfield.org > > > > +44 (0) 77370 02879 > > Meeting calendar - http://bit.ly/1NgeLce > > Bitcoin Address 197BBaXa6M9PtHhhNTQkuHh1pVJA8RrJ2i > > > > Furtherfield is the UK's leading organisation for art shows, labs, & > debates > > around critical questions in art and technology, since 1997 > > > > Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company limited by Guarantee > > registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. > > Registered business address: Ballard Newman, Apex House, Grand Arcade, > Tally > > Ho Corner, London N12 0EH. > > > > > > == > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 718-813-3285 > music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/tx.txt > ==_______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- P Thayer, Artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org
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