The End of the Internet: An Interview with Geert Lovink

Geert Lovink is a Dutch media theorist, internet critic, and author of Dark Fiber (2002), My First Recession (2003), Zero 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 →

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 →

Resonance Theory: How Can Connection Create Disconnection?

The more we control, the more we are alienated from that which we control. This is the thesis of sociologist Continue reading →

In Defense of Gay Assimilation

So-called queer studies is no stranger to provocative titles. I might be better off defending a more modest program of Continue reading →

The Basilisk

It’s been impossible to think of a world without AI since 2065, but The Basilisk was originally named by a Continue reading →

Can Pascal’s Rationality Rescue the Pandemic Vaccine?

Introduction Although several countries have begun rolling out immunisation programs for the coronavirus, the distrust of the vaccines amongst people Continue reading →