Accelerationism

Nick Land, the ‘madman philosopher’, is one of the most controversial thinkers of our time. This was true back in the 1990s, when Land was a leading member of the cult-like experimental collective known as the CCRU (Cybernetic Culture Research Unit), and it is especially true today — given his…

Science fiction is most often the stuff of prediction: a common theme is the imaginative presentation of dystopian, post-apocalyptic futures, visions of what could be if technology grows beyond human control. The times we live in have mostly diverged but sometimes have satisfied a range of competing views of the…

Philosophical Notes Not so long ago, I was planning to write about the “blended spaces flaneûrs” phenomenon (to saunter using digital navigation to be bathed in urban impressions). The problem would be the impossibility of merging the experience of physical space with that of digital space. When using digital map…

On the Fate of Techno-Capitalism in the Face of Climate Change (Part 6c) — E > V (Exit over Voice). — Nick Land, “Doctor Gno” You’re getting played by the market. — Evan Jack Capital revolutionizes harder, deeper, and faster than ‘the Revolution’. Its lack of attachment to itself exceeds anything the left has been able to consistently match. …

The internet was a fascinating place, especially for early adopters. The promise of free flows of information, the minimization of geographical space, the flattening of old social hierarchies, the elasticity of open-source software, the ability to sample endless music and potential to pursue knowledge unhindered seemed to coexist alongside a…

(this essay is another reupload from my prior Medium essay account, posted May 5, 2021, that has been moved directly onto here. It was published under the name Market Realization of Death Drive, Dark Souls and Accelerationism. Enjoy.) — The forward racing death drive of techno-capital speeds up it’s positive feedback engine and it’s suicidal tendencies like a car accelerating faster and faster into a brick wall. The technocratic orgy of digital bureaucrats leading the state congregation create orgasmic pulse flows of digital media consumption that feed power to…

(of note, this essay was published prior on my older account user A Dog that had been lost as I got a new phone. this essay was originally published on May 20, 2021, under the name The Eyes of God; Mechanic Capital. I have decided to republish the it to keep it within the portfolio of my writings along with another essay previously published on the account, Market Death Drive, Dark Souls and Accelerationism. This is to keep them organized with the themes and topics of my writings, which both have kept alignment with.)

The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto could easily be the most popular piece of theory passed around on TikTok today. Widely lauded as an accurate and insightful description of gender, class, and cisness, it has been recommended all over leftist and feminist circles. …

Progress is a tricky term. One that many modern thinkers reject outright. The notion that progress as a political concept is a train track that society is inevitably on is, of course, clearly an odd thought with regards to history, but as we begin to truly examine our historical examinations…