The Future is Not Lost: On Music, Technology, and the Creation of New Worlds by Matt Bluemink

It’s finally here! The official release date for my new book The Future is Not Lost is 24th of June Continue reading →

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 Automobile

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 →

TikTok and Taboo: Mysticism in the Information Age

“Animism has endowed things with souls; industrialism turns souls into things.”  — Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment Continue reading →

Can Ghosts Shape Our Selves?

Some of us are afraid of ghosts. Some are perhaps uncomfortable with the idea of encountering a ghost. Most of 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 →

Almere: The First Solarpunk City?

“If Atlantis was the ancient city myth disappeared beneath the waves, Almere is the modern riposte, risen from the sea”, Continue reading →