Zuboff’s Dystopia: The Politics of the Lifeworld

Intimations of Dystopia The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff was published in German in 2018. English language editions were Continue reading →

Motorway: Transformative Ethics of the Car

A boundless landscape, roads stretching far beyond the horizon. Wind in the hair, the sky overhead, and society somewhere far Continue reading →

Self-Tracking: Why We Love Seeing Ourselves in Data

‘Listen to your body: all you have to do is wear it’ This is the promise of the FitBit Inspire Continue reading →

AI and the Instrumentalization of Fear

Introduction In 2023 everything speaks AI. The AI gaze is present in every public discourse and the AI question is Continue reading →

On Marble, Texture and Networks

i. “How many million times she had seen her face, and always with the same imperceptible contraction! She pursed her Continue reading →

Distracting Ourselves Together

I was on my computer browsing the internet while sitting in Discord. My friends played World of Warcraft. I was Continue reading →

From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of the Future

Recently, I came across a paper by the great historian, and philosopher of technology, Lewis Mumford, titled ‘Authoritarian and Democratic Continue reading →

Portals

Do things not seem quite what they were before? Can’t put a finger on it? Didn’t Rosalyn Carter die? No. Continue reading →