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Introducing Minus Theatre 2025, by way of Alejandro Zambra, Not to Read

Introducing Minus Theatre 2025, by way of Alejandro Zambra, Not to Read

Alejandro Zambra is writing in 2011, this about Animales domésticos, a book by Alejandra Costamagna. Titled "This is Like a Story by Alejandra Costamagna," it is collected in his Not to Read, Fitzcarraldo editions, 2018, a kind of "literary autobiography" says his translator, Megan McDowell—a
Simon Taylor 02 Aug 2025
Robert Wilson (4 October 1941 – 31 July 2025)

Robert Wilson (4 October 1941 – 31 July 2025)

VISIONARY ONE OF THE FEW OF WHOM IT CAN BE SAID OF THE FEW IT CAN BE SAD There follows a resource from Time Sensitive, Robert Wilson interviewed by Spencer Bailey. I like it but I wasn't looking for this. I was looking (and I would like to
Simon Taylor 02 Aug 2025
MINUS

MINUS

THEATRE The Minus Theatre Group practices a unique form of theatre which is open to all levels of experience, does not require any special skills and does not require mastery of English: it is a theatre language minus the mastery of literature, minus the masters, a theatre language based in
Simon Taylor 28 Jul 2025
Thiel, Master Database of every US citizen, and the kiwi connection

Thiel, Master Database of every US citizen, and the kiwi connection

It's simple really. DOGE has already gained access to masses of data on US citizens and is being enabled by the administration to consolidate that data into a single database, it will run on software owned by Palantir, Thiel's company, Thiel who had only previously spent
Simon Taylor 16 Jul 2025
The views and opinions, o pin onions, expressed by Alan Moore's Jerusalem do not necessarily reflect the light outside

The views and opinions, o pin onions, expressed by Alan Moore's Jerusalem do not necessarily reflect the light outside

I know I am a text. I know that you are reading me. This is the biggest difference between us: you do not know you are a text. You don't know that you're reading yourself. What you believe to be the self-determined life you are passing
Simon Taylor 10 Jul 2025
Democracy, More And Less

Democracy, More And Less

David Autor, writing for Noēma Magazine (online here), 12 February 2024, quotes Marc Andreessen on the democratisation of knowledge and information brought about by the internet and the flattening of economic hierarchies that was supposed to follow it. Then, in a move recalling Adam Curtis's laying-out and swiftly
Simon Taylor 10 Jul 2025
excerpt: Seeing Like a Platform, Petter Törnberg & Justus Uttermark

excerpt: Seeing Like a Platform, Petter Törnberg & Justus Uttermark

AI has in recent years seen growing use for governance also outside the realm of platforms, as states and public institutions are increasingly experimenting with AI as a method of governance. From welfare (Dencik, 2022; Jørgensen, 2023), to taxes (Reutter, 2023), to borders (Amoore, 2021), AI techniques and large-scale data
Simon Taylor 03 Jul 2025

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