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A speculative genealogy of accelerationist perspectives
Increasingly I think it makes sense to distinguish between different accelerationist positions. I rarely use the term to describe my own politics any more, both because I don’t want to risk association with far-right positions and because the potential vehicle for a left-accelerationist politics has been smashed into pieces. But my instincts remain left-accelerationist, in the sense of being inclined to ask how emerging technologies could be steered towards solidaristic and socially beneficial goals rather than being driven by the market. It means insisting we consider the technology analytically in ways which distinguish between emergent capacities and how those capacities are being organised at present by commercial imperatives. It means insisting we dive into the problems created by emerging technologies, going through them rather than seeking to go around them, rather than imagining we could hold them back by force of our critique.
In the mid 2010s this felt like quite an optimistic way to see the world but now it feels like a weirdly gloomy way to see the world, because the sense of collective agency underwriting such a future-orientation now seems largely, if not entirely, absent. It’s interesting therefore to see someone like Reid Hoffman, rare liberal member of the billionaire paypal mafia, offer a perspective which has some commonalities with this but could rather be described as a liberal humanist accelerationism. From pg 1-3 of the book Superagency, he’s written with Greg Beato:
We form groups of all kinds, at all levels, to amplify our efforts, often deploying our collective power against other teams, other companies, other countries. Even within our own groups of like-minded allies, competition emerges, because of variations in values and goals. And each group and subgroup is generally adept at rationalizing self-interest in the name of the greater good. Coordinating at a group level to ban, constrain, or even just contain a new technology is hard. Doing so at a state or national level is even harder. Coordinating globally is like herding cats—if cats were armed, tribal, and had different languages, different gods, and dreams for the future that went beyond their next meal. Meanwhile, the more powerful the technology, the harder the coordination problem, and that means you’ll never get the future you want simply by prohibiting the future you don’t want. Refusing to actively shape the future never works, and that’s especially true now that the other side of the world is only just a few clicks away. Other actors have other futures in mind. What should we do? Fundamentally, the surest way to prevent a bad future is to steer toward a better one that, by its existence, makes significantly worse outcomes harder to achieve.
The difference here is that he’s envisioning society as made up with more or less self-realised individuals, in a world in which power and vested interests is (primarily, at least) a matter of how those individuals interact rather than an enduring structural context to their interaction. But with this huge caveat, a lot of the assumptions and instincts here are similar to my own. This could in turn be contrasted to Tony Blair’s post-liberal accelerationism concerned with the role of the state under these conditions:
There’s a similar line of thought in this review by Nathan Pinkoski of Blair’s book on leadership. He describes Blair’s program as a “kind of post-liberal progressive rightism that promises to co-opt the progressive left while crushing the populist right”. Underlying this project is “a commitment to unlimited, unrestrained technological progress, and a belief that this will bring about a better world”.
And we might in turn distinguish this from the libertarian accelerationism of Marc Andreessen who seems to see little to no legitimate role ofr the state.
There’s a risk in distinguishing between these positions that we take them as doctrines, whereas I think they can better be understand as articulations of underlying instincts and orientations. How technology feels to people and how they feel about technology. Their inclination when presented with sociotechnical change etc.
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I once thought of Tony Blair the way I did of Princess Diana: part of my fading childhood memories.Nathan Pinkoski (Compact)
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Skeleton Art (23 Photos) - STREET ART UTOPIA
Skeletons have always been a powerful symbol in street art. Artists from all over the world use skeletons in their murals and installations to create art that is sometimes serious, sometimes funny, and always eye-catching.Vidar (Street Art Utopia)
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Verfassungsschutz: Russland setzt auf "Wegwerf-Agenten"
Der Verfassungsschutz warnt: Russland nutzt für geheimdienstliche Aktivitäten in Deutschland immer wieder sogenannte "Wegwerf-Agenten". Angeworben werden die Zivilisten oft über Messengerdienste wie Telegram.
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An Alberta woman who was mistakenly released from jail is telling her side of the story, including discussing her TikTok videos calling out the police.
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À travers ce nouvel article de #DansLesAlgorithmes, @hubertguillaud nous propose de plonger dans l'historique des techniques de reconnaissance faciale.
Son article synthétise ce que la journaliste Kashmir Hill décrit dans son livre « Your face belongs to us ».
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La reconnaissance faciale, l’enjeu du siècle
« Le plus grand danger de la reconnaissance faciale vient du fait qu’elle fonctionne plutôt très bien ».Framablog
Russia’s Neutrality During The Latest Indo-Pak Conflict Was Due To New Policymaking Dynamics
Russia’s Neutrality During The Latest Indo-Pak Conflict Was Due To New Policymaking Dynamics
Russia might be reassessing India’s role in Eurasia.
Alexei Zakharov is a respected Russian expert on South Asia who serves as a Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation’s Strategic Studies Programme, which is one of India’s top think tanks. He recently published an insightful piece titled, “Can India rely on Russia to diplomatically isolate Pakistan? It seems unlikely”, which candidly explains Russia’s neutrality during the latest Indo-Pak conflict. In a nutshell, he believes that Russia’s growing ties with Pakistan are the main reason, but there’s actually a bit more to it.
This analysis here from last summer enumerates several others which posit that a pro-BRI policymaking faction now exists in Russia as the friendly rival of the established balancing/pragmatic one. The first believes that the return to a form of Sino-US bi-multipolarity is inevitable and thus wants to accelerate China’s superpower trajectory as revenge against the US for all it’s done since 2022. The second, by contrast, want to avert outsized dependence on China by relying on India as a friendly counterweight.
Russia’s neutrality towards the latest Indo-Pak conflict coupled with the pro-Pakistani (and even sometimes anti-Indian) commentary of top “Non-Russian Pro-Russian” influencers within its global media ecosystem, which could have been corrected with some “gentle nudges” but wasn’t, surprised some observers. After all, it was concluded here after Modi’s trip to Moscow last summer that his visit was a victory for the balancing/pragmatic policymaking faction, yet it was evidently short-lived as seen.
It arguably seems like the pro-BRI faction is back to influencing Russia’s South Asian policy as suggested by the preceding examples, with this perception being lent immense credence by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s speech at the Diplomatic Club on Thursday. He warned that the West wants to pit India against China and strongly alluded to the Quad, in which India participates, as an example of an “openly confrontational” format. All of this implies that Russia might be reassessing India’s role in Eurasia.
Instead of continuing to be seen as a friendly counterweight to China that’ll also help jointly speed up Eurasia’s integration, it might soon be suspected of being a hostile counterweight to China that could also obstruct the aforesaid integration at the US’ behest. The second perception could influence policy if Russia becomes more dependent on China in the event that tensions escalate with the US over Ukraine or if Russia engages in major deal-making with the US and/or China in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Either scenario would likely solidify the pro-BRI policymaking faction’s newly restored influence over their balancing/pragmatic rivals, though Putin himself remains a committed member of the second faction, which is why his planned trip to India later this year could even everything out in that event. If neither of the abovementioned scenarios materializes, then policymaking influence might naturally oscillate back towards the balancing/pragmatic faction with time, or at least after Putin’s planned trip.
Circling back to Zakharov, he’s correct that Russia’s growing ties with Pakistan were responsible for Russia’s neutrality during the latest Indo-Pak conflict, but that’s only due to the newly influential pro-BRI policymaking faction conceptualizing them in a Sino-US bi-multipolarity context. This contrasts with how their balancing/pragmatic rivals conceptualize them as part of Russia’s multi-alignment strategy. India should be aware of these new policymaking dynamics in order to avoid misunderstandings with Russia.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.
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Here’s What Putin Might Discuss With Modi During His Upcoming Trip To Delhi
Arms, energy, Iran, peacekeepers, and tri-multipolarity are the most likely subjects of discussion.Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
FreeBSD 14.3 Beta 3 Brings KDE Plasma 6 Packages To The DVD ISOs
FreeBSD 14.3 Beta 3 is ready for testing as the newest test release on the road to the FreeBSD 14.3 point release due out in June.lxer.com
"A survey of #Welsh #rainforests in 2024 found only 22% were in a good condition due to pollution, fragmentation and invasive species." #conservation #mosses #lichens #trees #environment #Cymru #Wales
BBC News - Celtic rainforest facing species 'extinction crisis'
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Celtic rainforest in Wales facing extinction crisis, ecologists warns
A rare lichen's last refuge on ancient oak felled by a storm puts a unique forest on the brink.Paul Pigott (BBC News)
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DDR traktoren, LKW&PKW museum Reddelich Bad Doberan Germany June 2024
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18 May 1925 | A German Jew, Max Rack, was born in Duisburg. From December 1934 he lived in the Netherlands.
In spring 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and registered in the camp where he perished on 5 August 1942.
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Oxfam’s Bushra Khalidi delivers this clear and urgent message in The New Humanitarian: what happens in #Gaza affects us all 👇🏾
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Gaza is what occupation looks like when it is allowed to go unchecked
What Palestinians are living through is not just a crisis. It’s a collapse of international order, and it's not isolated to Gaza.Bushra Khalidi (The New Humanitarian)
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Het is gruwelijk, maar we doen - misschien - pas iets als er duidelijke tekenen van genocide zijn. We zijn het verplicht, maar we treuzelen, we weten het ff niet. Ondertussen worden de Palestijnen in Gaza net zo behandeld als de Joden in de jaren '40 in het getto van Warschau. Toen wisten we het niet, nu is het volkomen helder.
"Nooit meer" is een lege term geworden.
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Israël blijft onverstoord massaal geweld gebruiken: 'Een schoolvoorbeeld van genocide'
Israël pleegt een genocide in Gaza of maakt zich in elk geval schuldig aan genocidaal geweld, zeggen steeds meer deskundigen. Ook de publieke opinie lijkt steeds meer te verschuiven.Eliane Lamper (NOS Nieuws)
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No white discrimination in South Africa.
It is baseless rumour and disinformation, spread by Musk + Grok AI, just more #racism.
They've been caught tweaking the algorithm, adding disinfo.
4% of the population is still owning more land than the majority. No genocide of Boers, but #apartheid is still affecting black and coloured population.
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Many an object is not seen, though it falls within the range of our visual ray, because it does not come within the range of our intellectual ray, ie, we are not looking for it. So, in the largest sense, we find only the world we look for.
-- Henry David Thoreau (Journal, July 2, 1857)
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🚗 Provando la Hyundai i30 N-Line 100 CV: ci sono cose che adoro e altre che meno. Scopri la mia esperienza! #Hyundai #CarReview
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La nuova i30 N Line si conferma come una delle compatte più interessanti in alternativa alle solite note europee. Ottimi i consumiTommaso Marcoli (Tom's Hardware)
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"Es sind oft Dörfer oder kleine Städte mit touristischem Potenzial, die aufgrund ihrer Lage, ihrer Geschichte oder ihrer Denkmäler wichtig sind, deren Aktivität und Bevölkerung aber im Allgemeinen im Niedergang begriffen waren, bevor sie in Buchdörfer umgewandelt wurden" (Wikipedia)
Hier in Cuisery, Frankreich
Das Bild zeigt eine malerische Straße in einem europäischen Städtchen, vermutlich in Frankreich, mit Fachwerkhäusern auf beiden Seiten. Im Vordergrund hängt ein großes Schild mit der Aufschrift "VILLAGE du LIVRE" über der Straße, was auf eine Buchmesse oder ein Buchdorf hinweist. Darunter ist ein Banner mit der Aufschrift "DON du SANG" und der Angabe "MARDI 20 SEPT", was auf eine Blutspendenaktion am Dienstag, den 20. September, hinweist. Die Straße ist gepflastert und führt in die Ferne, wo weitere Gebäude und ein Café mit Tischen und Stühlen zu sehen sind. Links am Straßenrand befindet sich ein Informationsschild mit einer Karte und Hinweisen zu verschiedenen Orten im Städtchen. Die Atmosphäre ist ruhig und einladend, mit einem klaren blauen Himmel und sonniger Witterung.
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Iran Sentences Three to Death Over Fatal Mosque Attacks
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Unknown parent • • •Das Bild zeigt ein Diagramm mit dem Titel "2025 / 5088 kWh", das die Plan- und tatsächliche Energieverbrauch im Laufe eines Jahres darstellt. Es besteht aus zwei Achsen: der horizontalen Achse, die die Monate von 1 bis 12 darstellt, und der vertikalen Achse, die die Energie in kWh pro Monat und die gesamte Energie in kWh pro Jahr zeigt.
Die linke Achse zeigt den Plan- und tatsächlichen Energieverbrauch pro Monat, wobei die Planenergie in grüner Linie und die tatsächliche Energie in magentafarbener Linie dargestellt ist. Die Planenergie beginnt im Monat 1 bei etwa 100 kWh und steigt monatlich an, erreicht im Monat 12 etwa 1600 kWh. Die tatsächliche Energie beginnt im Monat 1 bei etwa 200 kWh und steigt ebenfalls monatlich an, erreicht im Monat 8 etwa 1300 kWh und sinkt im Monat 12 auf etwa 200 kWh.
Die rechte Achse zeigt die gesamte Plan- und tatsächliche Energieverbrauch im Jahr, wobei die Planenergie in grüner Linie und die tatsächliche Energie in magentafarbener Linie dargestellt ist. Die Planenergie beginnt im Monat 1 bei etwa 500 kWh und steigt monatlich an, erreicht im Monat 12 etwa 10.000 kWh. Die tatsächliche Energie beginnt im Monat 1 bei etwa 1.000 kWh und steigt monatlich an, erreicht im Monat 8 etwa 9.000 kWh und sinkt im Monat 12 auf etwa 2.000 kWh.
Die Diagramme zeigen, dass der Planenergieverbrauch im Laufe des Jahres stetig ansteigt, während der tatsächliche Energieverbrauch im ersten Halbjahr steigt und im zweiten Halbjahr sinkt.
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