Re: nettime Franco Berardi Geert Lovink: A call to the Army of Love and to the Army of Software

2011-10-17 Thread Michael Zeltner
Excerpts from Jaromil's message of 2011-10-17 13:02:11 +0200: Second, and most important IMHO, is what Rob Gonggrijp said in his intervention about Transition Telecom, an ideal progression from his most important keynote given at 27C3, whose video is not yet online. I'm happy to prove you

Re: nettime Franco Berardi Geert Lovink: A call to the Army of Love and to the Army of Software

2011-10-17 Thread Snafu
It seems to me that there is a double of FINAZISM that goes unaccounted for in this otherwise provocative text. And this is the risk society or ordinary people's desire for accruing wealth by taking chances on the stock market. While it is undeniable that there is an undemocratic, dictatorial

nettime Failure for 90 percent of the people (the rest will be fine)

2011-10-17 Thread Brian Holmes
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/10/14/a-coup-in-the-european-union Failure for 90 Percent of the People (The Rest Will Be Fine) A Coup in the European Union? by SUSAN GEORGE European Union workers’ pretentions to better pay and working conditions, shorter working lives, munificent retirement

nettime a call to the army of love etc. etc.

2011-10-17 Thread allan siegel
dear Mark Stahlman and others sorry about jumping in like this, I follow the various conversation on this list and at times feel a great irritation at the flippant manner in which words are bantered about. how bizarre to hear people railing against machines and other devices that somehow

Re: nettime Franco Berardi Geert Lovink: A call to the Army of Love and to the Army of Software

2011-10-17 Thread Patrice Riemens
Pace WIRED's famous Generation Equity cover somewhere in the late 90s there is one thing that has remained unchanged during the fast evolution of financial capitalism from an unruly but manageable bourse to a full fledged casino going bananas: small holders stay out or get douzed. So so much for