I echo David's enthusiasm for this subject. It may also be worth
considering the question of the nature of belief.
Many apparent extremists (I'm aware of both Brexit super-fans and
Q-adjacent Trump enthusiasts, who say, "Well, we know that such-and-such
isn't literally true, but we sympathise
Hello Nettime,
I'm sorry to see that this thread has degenerated, but I wonder whether
this was inevitable. Are the terms "left" and "right" meaningful any
more, as an axis to distinguish political positions?
We have, apparently, established that the "right" says is favours a
small state, wi
lings practiced so long on nettime channels
find a place of solace in extensive articles in print about why the
nineties mattered?
But that is only half the question.
The other bit missing is why Lev told us the truth about the matter?
Was Hamlet mad, or simply grieving?
B
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Bronaċ
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Hello Nettime!
This conversation is simply *too* *interesting*!
I'm a bit busy right now, but just want to register that I have loads of
responses.
What is "digital art"? Where is the boundary between digital art and art
that engages with the digital?
The artworks that I and my friends mad
Hi Nettime,
I had a large response to the Twitter thread I posted. It does seem that
there is a distinct appetite for analysis of how populist autocracy is
operating, and (encouragingly) appetite to take on board tool-kits to
form resistant responses.
The thread has been reworked into an art
onsequences do accumulate and people "connect dots" whether they want
to or not; all systems learn and adapt to threats. This latter
process may embody the idea of "hurry slowly" or "festina lente." Who
knows, maybe even an antiviral adaptation in art and cultu
Hi Nettimers,
Yesterday I published a substantial thread on Twitter, which seems to
have gained some traction. I'm sending it to you, here, because I'm
aware that Twitter, along with other many other social media spaces, is
corporate, pseudo-public space, vulnerable and temporary.
Only after
Hello Andreas,
Great questions!
I think it's interesting to see the reaction of the UK Regime (for
those of you who aren't clear, Johnson is a known deceptionist and
right-wing Trumpalike).
It seems that the challenge for conservatives is simply to maintain
society's current social hierarchies.
Thanks Felix!
I'd just started to compile a response which you've eclipsed with one
that's far more eloquent!
Coronavirus sends a powerful message about the importance of collective
response.
Neoliberal populists are struggling to avoid praising the value of
collective action. They're also
Great job getting Nettime back up again!
Regarding archiving, how big is the Nettime Archive? How is it currently
stored?
Regarding not noticing that the list was down - I did - or rather, I
noticed that nobody was posting.
But, as is the way with the online world, any stream of interesting
Ave Nettimers,
This thread identifies one of the key weaknesses that's proven to be a
fatal vulnerability of the former United Kingdom. (Sorry to bring it
back to one particular nation - but it's a rather preoccupying issue to
be living in a failing state.)
Education relates to power. We,
Hello Eric, Ted, David, Nettime,
I believe that Nettime is now more relevant than ever. To suggest that
this transnational network (however insubstantial it may seem) has
somehow lost relevance is far from the truth. A non-commercial,
thoughtful and lightly curated list that brings together th
Hi David, Hi Harv, Hi All,
The question "Why should we care?" is pertinent if you live in a
democracy and care to show solidarity with other citizens of democracies.
I am a European Citizen, and I am facing the prospect of having my
rights and freedoms curtailed, my freedom of movement reduce
of the world of makers, but only a small fraction of
the people that want to make things actually want to make it into a
business. It's one of the things about Make's approach that I never
really got on with - the idea that there was a sort of admirable or
even inevitable progression from
Hi Adrian,
I'm really interested in this comment:
"There are people in the space who see it as a way to bootstrap their
startup, and there is a risk that it can be exploited by someone only
out for themselves, but the culture of the space mostly manages to
protect itself from that."
My view
Fascinating to hear about personal engagement in Making, Graham!
I, too, have been personally, hands-on involved in Making since Access
Space's turn towards digital manufacture, and the interface of the
physical and the digital, since around 2010.
(For those of you who aren't aware of Acces
Felix, this is the sort of post that social media conditions me to want
to click "Like" but also to feel that it's an inadequate response.
I'd only add (or perhaps, draw out):
* "Managing" is the wrong way to think about maximising human welfare
(or, indeed, achieving any defined objective) wh
Hi All,
This circumstance (increasing complexity introducing critical errors,
unforseeable by any one developer) is equally true in wider human society.
Individual consumers, businesses and corporations are, effectively,
subroutines, modules or components of a larger, complex mechanism that
Hi David,
Absolutely! But even with a slim majority, I don't believe that this
policy could be pushed through Parliament. On current voting patterns,
May would have lost the Meaningful Vote vote by around 50 even if she
had 50 entirely biddable MPs at her disposal.
All the best,
James
On 1
Hello David,
The Brexit situation is indeed extraordinary, and it has thrown up deep
deficiencies in the UK's constitutional arrangements, electoral security
and, more widely, in its national identity.
For what it's worth, my money, should I care to bet on it, would be that
the UK will end u
Hi Carlo,
I'd suggest that your response doesn't acknowledge the fluidity and
adaptability of capitalism, which is just one framework to manifest a
desire to gain advantage and control. If you ban targeted advertising,
that doesn't mean that advertisers will go back to "regular" advertising.
Thanks for this summary David, I'd suggest that it's broadly accurate.
Some of you may have noticed that Brexit has pretty much incinerated my
social media presence (which used to focus on the impacts of digital
engagement and transformation on the arts, culture, and locality,(plus a
smatterin
Best Regards,
James
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On 16/10/2018 17:24, tbyfield wrote:
On 16 Oct 2018, at 9:54, James Wallbank wrote:
Well, quite clearly I'm beginning to sound like a member of the
tinfoil hat brigade - but seriously, the level of democratic failure
and delusional thinking at the highest levels o
Hi David, Hi All,
I've been a continual participant in online discussion of the national
insanity that is Brexit, and have come to a few conclusions. For those
of you not based in the UK, the whole debate and internal conflict may
appear utterly incomprehensible - but I believe it has brought
Hello Nettimers,
There is (or at least there was, until recently) a particular photograph
on the internet. Black and white, cropped to an approximately square
format. It appears to have been taken with a flash, or supplementary
lighting, in a dark interior. The upper right quarter of the image
Konrad,
Bravo! Absolutely incisive comment. I wish I had written these words.
My only concern is that some of your sentences exceed 140 characters.
Best regards,
James
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On 27/11/12 14:40, Konrad Becker wrote:
Loosely picking up on the thread of "open letter to critics" and
"Collectors,
le to unlock real resource, then please, get in touch!
(Personally, I'm just well impressed by being on just about any list
that includes both Conrad "Mathematica" Wolfram and Rob "Transition"
Hopkins).
Best Regards,
James
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