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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
To Think Pure Quality and the stupid. A note

To Think Pure Quality and the stupid. A note

What does it mean to think pure quality? It would mean thinking outside quantity. Outside of any quantity and of all processes of quantification. It would not mean to think better. I don't want to puff up thought any more than it already is. And mine not at
Simon Taylor 30 Jun 2025
Ryunosuke Koiko, sharpen your awareness by focusing on impermanence

Ryunosuke Koiko, sharpen your awareness by focusing on impermanence

Look out of the window and notice the wind. You probably haven't done that because you've been tuned in to the sounds around you. Once you focus on the subtle sound of the wind, you may be surprised to learn that it can stimulate your mind
Simon Taylor 26 Jun 2025
bomb > {?} < book

bomb > {?} < book

There is a middle term between bomb, gun & book: its excuse is public safety, it is for private profit—and soon everything is going to have something that does it, that harvests your data (and turns it into cash), whether you like it or not. And that thing is
Simon Taylor 12 Jun 2025
Stranger than Fiction: taking 20th C. novel to the gleaners

Stranger than Fiction: taking 20th C. novel to the gleaners

Edwin Frank writes: "Trembling instability" describes the mobile perspective of Lawrence's novels (if they were films, the camera would be handheld). Lawrence writes, as I have said, with an almost somatic immediacy from the point of view of his characters. He also and equally writes from
Simon Taylor 10 Jun 2025

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