Effective Accelerationism: Nick Land for Tech Bros
Acid Horizon20 Dec 2023

Effective Accelerationism: Nick Land for Tech Bros

Adam and Craig are joined by Mattie Colquhoun (@xenogothic) to discuss the nature of accelerationism and its latest attempt at a fashionable revival: so called "effective accelerationism" or e/acc. For this we read the "Techno-optimist Manifesto" Marc Andreessen's argument for the total unleashing of technology and capital to maximize wealth creation for the species. We trace the influences of the text from Land to Nietzsche and illustrate how the text fails to understand its own influe...

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Deleuze's "Proust and Signs"

Deleuze's "Proust and Signs"

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Simondon's Concept of Individuation

Simondon's Concept of Individuation

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Is Metal Radical? A Conversation with Metal Philosopher David Burke

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A Reading of "The Oldest Systematic Program of German Idealism"

A Reading of "The Oldest Systematic Program of German Idealism"

“The Oldest Systematic Program of German Idealism” is an esoteric text at the heart of 19th century German philosophy and of no certain authorship. The primary contention is that it was most likely wr...

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Return of the M/acc: A Survey of Left Accelerationisms

Return of the M/acc: A Survey of Left Accelerationisms

What is ‘left accelerationism’? (Are there more than one?) How has capitalism changed and what implications does it hold for emancipatory politics? In this episode, we examine some of the essential l...

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Mark Fisher's 'The Weird and the Eerie' Revisited with Matt Colquhoun

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Teaser - A Discussion of 'Proust and Signs'

Teaser - A Discussion of 'Proust and Signs'

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