Tag Archives: Futurism

THE ELITES WHO ARE JUST SO OVER HUMANITY

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Luther Blissett

The depth of anti-humanist sentiment related by Douglas Rushkoff in his latest book, Survival of the Richest, is harrowing and illuminating. By Chris Barsanti Source: PopMatters Some things can be horrifying even if unsurprising. One such moment is the opening anecdote … Continue reading →

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No Escape from Our Techno-Feudal World

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Luther Blissett

By Pepe Escobar Source: Global Research The political economy of the Digital Age remains virtually terra incognita. In Techno-Feudalism, published three months ago in France (no English translation yet), Cedric Durand, an economist at the Sorbonne, provides a crucial, global public service as … Continue reading →

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The End of Reality?

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Luther Blissett

By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain In 1888,  the year before he went insane, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote the following in Twilight of the Idols: We have got rid of the real world: what world is left?  The apparent world perhaps? … Continue reading →

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Survival of the Richest

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Luther Blissett

The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind By Douglas Rushkoff Source: Medium Last year, I got invited to a super-deluxe private resort to deliver a keynote speech to what I assumed would be a hundred or so investment bankers. … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Future Shock

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Luther Blissett

Future Shock: Orson Welles Narrates a 1972 Film About the Perils of Technological Change By Jonathan Crow Source: Open Culture The beginning of the 1972 documentary Future Shock, directed by Alex Grasshof, shows Orson Welles, bearded and chomping on a … Continue reading →

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It’s Time for Some Anti-Science Fiction

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Luther Blissett

Source: The Hipcrime Vocab It’s Time for Some Anti-Science Fiction Why must positive depictions of the future always be dependent upon some sort of new technology? Neal Stephenson is a very successful and well-known science fiction writer. He’s also very … Continue reading →

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