- Capitalism, Neoliberalism, and the Fallacy of Big Concepts Many people are critical of capitalism and neoliberalism. There are multiple other things they may be critical of, but for the sake of convenience, it can be interesting to stop here. “This is pure neoliberalism”. “This is so capitalistic”. It’s like the words “neoliberalism” and “capital” became synonyms for the word “evil There is no doubt […]
- Ideological Software Programming is pretty straightforward. One has to decide on a certain logic and then implement it in a set of instructions that will combine actions and responses to various feedback loops. It is very defined and precise in this way. An algorithm is programmed and this algorithm follows a certain protocol and implements it along […]
- Diagnosis and Surveillance One could say that diagnosis and surveillance are friends. They detect deviation. When it is identified, it is categorized and acted upon. The objective is to normalize and to minimize. To minimize the risk of infection, we recommend that you wash your hands thoroughly. We should try to minimize our carbon footprint. To normalize one’s […]
- Variability of a Text, Ecology of Attention How to modulate variability of attention and perception in order to promote ecological thinking? This article proposes a method and its practical implementation.
- How to Boost Your Mind Viral Immunity In a recent Joe Rogan interview, Elon Musk expressed his sympathy for the anti-globalization movement. One of the main reasons, according to Musk, was that the increasingly interconnected world created a fertile ground for all kinds of memes, concepts, and mind viruses that could “infect” a large portion of the population. We don’t know whether […]
- The Magic of Feedback Loops: AI Takes Over The world is gripped by the collective anxiety proliferated by live death-count dashboards, exponential charts, and frightening headlines that promise the imminent apocalypse. The real extent of the problem, however, is not really known. The decisions are made based on incomplete data. Worst-case scenarios are used to implement social and economic policies without a proper discussion or long-term implications assessment.
- We were in more danger before Coronavirus even started… If you think that practicing “social distancing” is the right thing to do, you should have stayed at home before you even heard of Coronavirus. Your chances to kill someone with a normal seasonal flu are higher than with Covid-19. … Coronavirus is dominating the news and the collective consciousness. People are panicking and practicing […]
- Does Software Need to Solve Problems? “What is the problem your software is solving?” Usually, if you cannot answer this question, you are expected to stop doing whatever it is you are doing and reconsider. After all, we live in a world of immediate gratification. If you cannot resolve a real and existing need then you do not deserve the resources […]
- The Re~Definition of Value Too often we’re driven by the notion of value that has nothing to do with us. In the most basic case we might think that something is valuable just because it can be measured in something else: the money or the amount of attention that it can be exchanged for. // “How many likes did this post […]
- Questioning the Legitimisation Что мы легитимизируем тем, что мы делаем?
- The Flow and the Notion | Book 2 A book of meditative drawings and scientific poetry on the practice of polysingularity of perception and the art of creation with somebody you love. By Anastasia Pilepchuk (drawings) and Dmitry Paranyushkin (texts) … Purchase this book on Circadian Press’ website. … This is a book on giving a voice to the streams, letting the streams take you […]
- Annihilation In this world, annihilation is known as the movie, Annihilation. In this movie we encounter the new form of alien life, which does not use flying saucers or other means of aerial transportation (nor any sort of conventional transportation) to reach the humanity and invade. Instead, they choose to invade through the DNA. Attracting a […]
- Legitimization and Cultivation In this world, there are things that inhabitants do on a regular basis: be it routine actions or practice. … Every time they act they can ask themselves: “What do I legitimize with what I’m doing?” Example 1. When you’re reading this text from the screen of your iPhone or any other device you are legitimizing several things and […]
- Re~Definition of a Special Agent During my practice, between 2015 and 2018, I liked to use the term “Special Agent”. Apart from other elements, it consists of two words: “special” and “agent”. Why? … The word special relates to one’s specialty: be it a brain better suited for solving mathematical problems or the ability to cook amazing Italian food. To be […]
- Operational Strategy of Desire The more something lacks the more it is needed. The absence produces desire. The presence precedes the absence. a sudden distraction extraction pre-occupation ostentation retaliation. … Only 0 days 17 hours 14 minutes 29 seconds left … Otherwise it will be too late. Only today and only tomorrow. Touch me and we will never talk […]
- Cognitive Stimulants Cognitive stimulants are the things that alter perception and stimulate imagination and sensitivity. Their main importance is in bringing different points of view and expanding the phase space of possibilities available at every moment of time, acting as a deterrent against stagnation, boosting innovation and evolutionary development. Any form of expression can manifest itself as […]
- Changing the Picture The report below was written in response to Changing the Picture – the conference on storytelling and technology that took place in Berlin’s Babelsberg studios in November 2016. … Everyone lives in the stories they’re telling themselves. Many of those stories are imagined and told by somebody else and that’s where the one who speaks can have […]
- Crimean Surfers While most surfers ride the waves with their bodies, Crimean surfers ride the waves with their нутро or “gut chakra”. This changes everything, including the surfer and the concept of surfing itself, but as everything that is simple it also demands more explanation. Crimea is a beautiful desolate peninsula located at the Black Sea. It […]
- Software Takes Command A post on Facebook says “there was 9/11, now there is 11/9”. The scale of disaster is almost comparable: who could have predicted that Donald Trump would become the next president of the US? A recent piece from NiemanLab (a leading think tank on journalism) asks if this election is the turning point for media’s […]
- Body/Mind Operating Systems We already have operating systems for machines, but what we really need are the operating systems for humans. A working proposal of the new body/mind operating system for human beings.
