Nope - don’t buy it. Quackery… best
Simon Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/homepage.asp?name=simon.biggs http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-art/simon-biggs > On 25 Apr 2016, at 03:36, Pall Thayer <pallt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From Manifesto for an Accelerationist Politics > (http://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/05/14/accelerate-manifesto-for-an-accelerationist-politics/ > > <http://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/05/14/accelerate-manifesto-for-an-accelerationist-politics/>): > > "21. We declare that only a Promethean politics of maximal mastery over > society and its environment is capable of either dealing with global problems > or achieving victory over capital. This mastery must be distinguished from > that beloved of thinkers of the original Enlightenment. The clockwork > universe of Laplace, so easily mastered given sufficient information, is long > gone from the agenda of serious scientific understanding. But this is not to > align ourselves with the tired residue of postmodernity, decrying mastery as > proto-fascistic or authority as innately illegitimate. Instead we propose > that the problems besetting our planet and our species oblige us to refurbish > mastery in a newly complex guise; whilst we cannot predict the precise result > of our actions, we can determine probabilistically likely ranges of outcomes. > What must be coupled to such complex systems analysis is a new form of > action: improvisatory and capable of executing a design through a practice > which works with the contingencies it discovers only in the course of its > acting, in a politics of geosocial artistry and cunning rationality. A form > of abductive experimentation that seeks the best means to act in a complex > world." > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 1:22 PM Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com > <mailto:sondh...@panix.com>> wrote: > > > Can you say more? > > On Sun, 24 Apr 2016, Pall Thayer wrote: > > > 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 > > <mailto: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 <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Co-founder Co-director > > > Furtherfield > > > > > > www.furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> > > > > > > +44 (0) 77370 02879 > > > Meeting calendar - http://bit.ly/1NgeLce <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/ > > <http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/> > > web http://www.alansondheim.org <http://www.alansondheim.org/> / cell > > 718-813-3285 > > music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > > <http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/> > > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/tx.txt > > <http://www.alansondheim.org/tx.txt> > > ==_______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > > > -- > > P Thayer, Artist > > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org <http://pallthayer.dyndns.org/> > > > > > > == > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > <http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/> > web http://www.alansondheim.org <http://www.alansondheim.org/> / cell > 718-813-3285 > music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > <http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/> > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/tx.txt > <http://www.alansondheim.org/tx.txt> > ==_______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > -- > P Thayer, Artist > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org > <http://pallthayer.dyndns.org/>_______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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