Re: The False Defences of Utopian Thought.

2011-11-03 Thread Jernej Prodnik
''The future belongs to those who can imagine it.'' ... yeah, probably. If anything, Marx wasn't an idealist. And this is quite easily the simplest case of, so to say, classic idealism. Quite similar that goes to idealism actually goes to utopian thought that was debated earlier in this correspo

Re: 99%? 66% is more like it

2011-11-03 Thread Rebecca Zorach
What reality is this 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 analysis based on? I am sure I am a particularly radicalized member of that top 33% (my household income places me at the 83rd percentile of American households) but I would think part of the point is that people like me, who are the ones you'd think this capit

Public event: Social Media ? Social Revolts?

2011-11-03 Thread Clemens Apprich
Public Event: »Social Media – Social Revolts?« Critical perspectives on the uses of web and media networks by recent social movements // ‘Digital Governance // Experiences, insights and consequences from the 'Arab Spring' and the 'Blackberry Riots' (This event will be held in English – with Ge

Re: 99%? 66% is more like it

2011-11-03 Thread Dmytri Kleiner
On 02.11.2011 19:56, Felix Stalder wrote: My impression is that the wide popularity of these movements is based on common desire to return the system to what is perceived it's "normal state", i.e. the American dream in the US, some sort of welfare state in the EU. While they are clearly more rad

P2P and Utopia (video poem)

2011-11-03 Thread Vasilis Kostakis
Dear All, You may find a video titled "P2P and Utopia" at http://vimeo.com/31495896which deals with the P2P movement in a more abstract, but hopefully artistic, way and it is based on a 2008 video poem in Greek under the same title. I hope that it maybe of interest to some of you :-) Best, Vasi

Re: The False Defences of Utopian Thought.

2011-11-03 Thread Morlock Elloi
I'm referring to the fact that deferring decisions to quantum throw of dice (evolution) or to a deity makes no difference. What is going on appears to be massive setting of the scene for Something to happen. Like a pagan ritual. Or cargo cult in the best case - we have all the elements of revoluti