Re: unionization and the bots

2015-12-14 Thread Alex Foti
Dear Alice, thanks a tera for the reference. my philosophical tools are very blunt but i dont think i am fully persuaded about abandoning humanism - i agree though the left is arch-conservative - but isn't ecotech possible? would this make cyborg of us? i dunno i dream of light-tech

Re: unionization and the bots

2015-11-17 Thread Alice Yang
A good read on this topic: http://www.e-flux.com/journal/the-labor-of-the-inhuman-part-i-human/ Reza Negarestani The Labor of the Inhuman, Part I: Human Inhumanism is the extended practical elaboration of humanism; it is born out of a diligent commitment to the project of

Re: unionization and the bots

2015-11-16 Thread Edmund Berger
Hello Alex (and all!)⦠this is my first time posting on Nettime, but Iâve been lurking amongst the conversations for a few years now. The interesting thing about the conversation around robotic production, automation and the like is that itâs very well possible that this isnât a