In Postcript Deleuze writes:
"As for markets, they are conquered sometimes by specialization, sometimes by
colonization, sometimes by lowering the costs of production. But, in the
present situation, capitalism is no longer involved in production, which it
often relegates to the Third World, eve
Mmmm no.
Communication sovereignty is a power equation issue, and will likely
become a new class issue (surveilled class vs. surveillor class.) Saying
that these efforts are futile and doomed forever is nonsense - class
struggles overcame far steeper obstacles.
The only question is when will
Fine for offense for estabished, seasoned
journalists beholden to commercial publishers to
promote the industry as defenders of, well, the
superstructure varies, but usually rests on the
advertising foundation, or generous benefactors
of the NGO species, not to overlook the evenly
more capaci
Garnet,
I laughed at your response ! Not at all interested in tearing you apart,
but wanting to explore this sense of "who cares?", toward which I'm also
inclined.
What really makes me think "who cares" is the obvious careerism baked into
the argument. I think one could put Seb's basic idea in a
For those interested in tracking the issue of electronic voting machines in
India (particularly after the mid-2019 elections), check out this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFNbd39hVVViZEjC868YMUW6Th_Zu8CbfOjp9_8oAZ6_0vrg/viewform
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irc is beautiful. also fun.
from https://sobtec.gitbooks.io/sobtec2/content/en/content/05irc.html
"The same feature that allowed IRC to become a mass media in the 1990s
actually prevents its from mainstream adoption in the 2010s. Users
dropping into a channel, asking a question, then leaving in
fr
Dear nettime,
This interview is an impressive account, if you have not read one—and by
one of our most impressive brothers—- of the attacks and governmental
punishment of journalists in a several countries, and the falling down of
free press and flow of information in liberal democracies which are
(Dear nettimers, this is my last message in this present batch, I promise!)
Someone from MIT shared with me the following, which I quote verbatim. It
specificallly identifies the poor leadership of Dale Dougherty as an
explanation for the trouble with Make. I have no idea what the board of Make
This is a bit of a tangent, but you mention the ability of infrastructure
operators to eavesdrop or interfere with communication.
I know that you are not explicitly saying this below, but to be clear I worry
that culturally, we may have somehow come to think that this situation is
acceptable, perh
Dear Morlock,
I think your threat model is wrong. At issue here is the question of whether
infrastructures allow unscrupulous adversaries to manipulate the behaviour of
multitudes of persons, cheaply and at scale, which although related should
not be confused with the question of whether it might
The Uses and Abuses of Citizens’ Assemblies
Of all the Conservative Party candidates competing in the parade of lying
nincompoops to be the UK's next Prime Minister Rory Stewart is the exception in
that he actually tries to answer questions and is the most honest about the
obstacles ahead.
How
Thought it was a given that communications are never secure against
their inventors and operators.
The Internet never inaccessible to to its operators, coders,
mechanics, its start and end packets never wholly invisible, log
files essential for repair and admin.
Tor never intended to be beyo
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