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Contain Podcast
180. (Preview) 21st Century Cybernetics PT. 1: A History of Feedback Loops

Contain Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 64:01


First hour, for full 3 hour episode, show notes, documentation, and more consider supporting here Part one of a series on Cybernetics of the Future aka "how smart people end up dumb". Instead of retreading well-told examples of the 20th century we go to Leibniz, Yuk Hui, U/ACC, Muller, Ampere, etc. to figure out its ambience and omnipresence in culture, politics, the human (?) spirit, and more. Not another Reddit Rundown of Project Cybersyn: this episode looks at a comprehensive view of the Feedback Loop and its place in general history (I Ching to creator burnout to shock jock pseudo-vitalism) starting with: Brunella Antomarini's excellent essay Translating Rationalism: Leibniz and Cybernetics, Tek Lintowe's amazing rant on Being Raw, Cliodynamics, Leibniz debunking both Newtonian Mechanism and Spinozist Nominalism, China's One Child Policy, didactic fashion shows, a history of mechanism

MLOps.community
Language, Graphs, and AI in Industry // Paco Nathan // #201

MLOps.community

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 78:28


Paco Nathan is the Managing Partner at Derwen, Inc., and author of Latent Space, along with other books, plus popular videos and tutorials about machine learning, natural language, graph technologies, and related topics. MLOps podcast #201 with Paco Nathan, Managing Partner at Derwen, Inc., Language, Graphs, and AI in Industry. // Abstract Let's talk about key findings from these conferences, specifically summarizing teams that have ROI on machine learning in production: what are the things in common they're doing, and what are the most important caveats they urge other teams to consider when getting started? Because these key takeaways aren't found in the current AI news cycle. // MLOps Jobs board https://mlops.pallet.xyz/jobs // MLOps Swag/Merch https://mlops-community.myshopify.com/ // Related Links AI Conference: https://aiconference.com/ K1st World: https://www.k1st.world/ Corunna Innovation Summit: https://corunna.dataspartan.com/ "Cloud Computing on Amazon AWS EC2" UC Berkeley EECS guest lecture (2009) https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/3616394 "Hardware - Software - Process: Data Science in a Post-Moore's Law World" https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-data-science/resources/hardware-software-process-book/ “LLMs in Production: Learning from Experience” by Waleed Kadous @ Anyscale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa7k9MUeIdk "Supercharging Industrial Operations with Problem-Solving GenAI & Domain Knowledge" by Christopher Nguyen @ Aitomatic https://www.k1st.world/2023-program/supercharging-industrial-operations-with-problem-solving-genai-domain-knowledge “The Next Million AI Systems” by Mark Huang @ Gradient: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA0Npe4PqFw "AI in a Box" by Useful Sensors https://usefulsensors.com/#products "Opportunities in AI - 2023" by Andrew Ng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p248yoa3oE "Advancing the Marine Industry Through the Harmony of Fishermen Knowledge and Al" by Akinori Kasai @ Furuno https://www.k1st.world/2023-program/advancing-the-marine-industry-through-the-harmony-of-fishermen-knowledge-and-al Macy conferences (1941-1960) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy_conferences https://www.asc-cybernetics.org/foundations/history/MacySummary.htm https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo23348570.html second-order cybernetics https://pangaro.com/designconversation/wp-content/uploads/dubberly-pangaro-chk-journal-2015.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-order_cybernetics Project Cybersyn https://jacobin.com/2015/04/allende-chile-beer-medina-cybersyn/ https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/project-cybersyn-chiles-radical-experiment-in-cybernetic-socialism/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/project-cybersyn/ https://medium.com/@rjog/project-cybersyn-an-early-attempt-at-iot-governance-and-how-we-can-apply-its-learnings-5164be850413 https://www.sustema.com/post/project-cybersyn-how-a-chilean-government-almost-controlled-the-economy-from-a-control-room https://transform-social.org/en/texts/cybersyn/ Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela: Autopoeisis "De Maquinas y Seres Vivos" "Everything said is said by an observer" https://proyectos.yura.website/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/de_maquinas_y_seres_vivos_-_maturana.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopoiesis_and_Cognition:_The_Realization_of_the_Living Fernando Flores (led Project Cybersyn, imprisoned, later worked with Prof. Terry Winograd @ Stanford, the grad advisor for what became Google) https://lorenabarba.com/gallery/prof-barba-gave-keynote-at-pycon-2016/ https://conversationsforaction.com/fernando-flores "Navigating the Risk Landscape: A Deep Dive into Generative AI" by Ben Lorica and Andrew Burt https://thedataexchange.media/mitigating-generative-ai-risks/ "SpanMarker" by Tom Aarsen @ Hugging Face https://tomaarsen.github.io/SpanMarkerNER/ Examples of "the math catching up with the machine learning": Guy Van den Broeck @ UCLA https://web.cs.ucla.edu/~guyvdb/talks/ Charles Martin @ Calculations Consulting https://weightwatcher.ai/

radinho de pilha
você é capitão da sua alma? guerras fazem nascer mais meninos? o encanto com Fascismo

radinho de pilha

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 44:44


Projeto CyberSyn (via ChatGPT) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SQH8ve9l4hLYv42GEbJnoELAmQb7OaSltx0A2yY8RCg/edit?usp=sharing Project Cybersyn https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/project-cybersyn/ Rosemary Braun on Uncovering Patterns in Biological Complexity https://pca.st/m5pv9hkd Free will: Can neuroscience reveal if your choices are yours to make? https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25934580-900-free-will-can-neuroscience-reveal-if-your-choices-are-yours-to-make/ Invictus (poema) https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invictus_%28poema%29 Maior estudo sobre epilepsia do mundo revela ‘arquitetura genética' da doença e indica novas terapias https://agencia.fapesp.br/maior-estudo-sobre-epilepsia-do-mundo-revela-arquitetura-genetica-da-doenca-e-indica-novas-terapias/44960 The Birth of British Fascism https://pca.st/lxy4m4mu ... Read more

Radio åt alla
Rekreation #14: Cybersyn

Radio åt alla

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 52:08


I detta avsnitt pratar vi om Project Cybersyn. Salvador Allende-regeringens försök att med högteknologiska lösningar att både stabilisera produktionen i de socialiserade industrierna och på sikt skapa en ny typ av demokratisk samhällsmedborgare. Lyssna även på The Santiago Boys och General Intellect Unit Följ gärna vår spellista på Spotify som innehåller all musik från alla våra avsnitt. […]

Work Stoppage
Overtime Episode 41 PREVIEW: Cybernetics and Labor - Pt 7

Work Stoppage

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 18:51


If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. We're back in the world of Cybernetics for this week's Patron episode. On Part 7 of our series, John explains the admittedly very complex concepts of Autopoiesis and Eudemony, key ideas for understanding Stafford Beer's "Viable Systems Model" which stands are the core of his thought. Breaking down these concepts of how systems like machines and biological organisms reproduce themselves and how structures organize themselves towards a maximal goal also help show the parallels between Cybernetics and the study of human societies, history, and more broadly how human beings organize themselves. On our next episode, we will go into the VSM in detail and explain how Beer used it as the foundation for setting up Project Cybersyn and embarking on an attempt to radically democratize the Chilean economy. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Revolution Now!
Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #46 | July 5th 2023

Revolution Now!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 50:18


In this episode, the overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile in 1973 is discussed, along with the consequential destruction of Stafford Beer's Project Cybersyn. Other issues examined are the nature of scarcity, poverty, empire and social neuroses. Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live Support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/   This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Substack:  https://substack.com/@peterjoseph Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/   About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial/

Work Stoppage
Overtime Episode 40 PREVIEW - Cybernetics and Labor - Pt 6

Work Stoppage

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 20:01


If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. Our series on Cybernetics and Labor continues this week as we dive into the beginning of Project Cybersyn and Stafford Beer's arrival in Chile. We discuss Beer's invitation from the government of Salvador Allende, his work with prominent government officials, and the incredible speed with which his project was assembled. We also begin breaking down Beer's concept of the Viable Systems Model as applied to a socialist government. In our next episode, we will discuss the planned deployment and testing of the project in the final months of Allende's time in power before the CIA-backed coup brought everything crashing to a halt. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Omnibus! With Ken Jennings and John Roderick
Episode 549: Project Cybersyn (Entry 993.AC0245)

Omnibus! With Ken Jennings and John Roderick

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 73:31


In which Latin America's first Marxist democracy tries to collectivize the means of production by inventing a proto-internet in 1970, and John just hopes it was orange and brown. Certificate #53432.

PEP Talk: The Participatory Economy Podcast
Cyber Socialism in Practice - Project Cybersyn

PEP Talk: The Participatory Economy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 39:45


Project Cybersyn, or ‘Cyber Socialism', was an early attempt at democratic planning in Chile from 1971 to 1973 during the Salvador Allende government. The main goal was to use computers to do allocation of resources and to devolve decision-making power within industries to workplaces.How does Project Cybersyn relate to a Participatory Economy, and what lessons can we learn?Support the Show.Website: https://www.ParticipatoryEconomy.orgYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParticipatoryEconomyTwitter: https://twitter.com/pareconomyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParticipatoryEconomySupport Us: https://www.paypal.com/donate/…

Subliminal Jihad
#127 - THE PURPOSE OF A 9/11 IS WHAT IT DOES: A Subliminal History of Cybernetics, Pt. 2 (w/ Jay)

Subliminal Jihad

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 141:04


Dimitri, Khalid, and Neuroscientist Jay (@The_Hague_ICC) continue exploring the complex history of cybernetics, including: “from electroshock to the psychedelic sixties”, Grey Walter's EEG research, the discovery of alpha/beta/delta brainwaves, the expectancy wave and readiness potential, Walter's robotic tortoises, the popularity of biofeedback today, the sus “world brain”, computer-brain interfaces for video gaming, SRI's “Changing Images of Man”, Ross Ashby, “forcing an environment to reveal itself” and the mass shooter phenomenon, feedback flicker and the Stroboscope, silk topper sicko William Seward Burroughs, Jr. and Allen Ginsberg's MK-Ultra LSD flicker experiments in Palo Alto, the California Ideology, the Dream Machine, the embrace of stroboscopic lights by Ken Kesey, Del Close, and The Grateful Dead, Stafford Beer and Chile's Project CYBERSYN, Beer's 2002 lecture about cybernetically understanding 9/11, the Satanic Panic artificial dialectic, cybernetics-as-dialectics, and counter-erming Western leftists who reject the synthesis of “parapolitical” and Historical Materialist analyses. For access to full-length premium episodes and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

Palladium Podcast
Palladium Podcast 77: Nicolas Villarreal on Socialist Cybernetics

Palladium Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2022 101:39


Nicolas Villarreal joins Ash Milton to discuss his 05 article on how capitalist giants use socialist cybernetic planning, cybernetic methods of organizing supply chains, and their impact on the worker.   Socialist Chile centrally planned its economy using Project Cybersyn, which used computerized feedback loops to give production managers live updates on changes in demand and other production indicators. This helped solved the “bullwhip” problem, where producers belatedly learned of changes in demand that originate further down the supply chain.   Capitalist supergiants like Amazon and Walmart use similar systems to maintain efficiency. But ultimately the workers are made to work at the tempo of an automated feedback system that leads to injury and exhaustion. Nicolas and Ash also discuss how industrial rationalization and efficiency can lead to worker organization. Nicolas's article "How Capitalist Giants Use Socialist Cybernetic Planning" is featured in PALLADIUM 05: Centralizing Society.   Nicolas Villarreal works as an analyst for a government contractor and formerly worked in federal banking regulation. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, and author of the novel Caeruleus. He tweets @NicolasDVillar1.  

The Farm Podcast Mach II
The Secret History of Cybernetics w/ ”Phillip Jeffries” & Recluse

The Farm Podcast Mach II

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 100:44


Cybernetics, Plato, Plato's Republic, Bronisław Trentowski, mysticism, Freemasonry, Messianism, Trontowski's concept of cybernetics vs modern form, Louis Couffignal, André-Marie Ampère, feedback, Claude Shannon, information theory, Technocracy Movement, Alexander Bogdanov, Cosmism, Norbert Weiner, Vannevar Bush, MIT, the Rad Lab, Lincoln Lab, J.C.R. Lickliddder, First Law of Cybernetics, "Nudge theory," Lewis Mumford, "Megamachine," "The Machine," Chile, Allende, Project Cybersyn, Project Camelot, cyberculture, Stewart Brand, John Brockman, the Edge Foundation, Jeffrey Epstein, TED Talks, MIT Media Lab, memetics, memes, memes as cultural transmitters, Richard Dawkins, "converging technologies," George Soros, Soros' influence on cybernetics, Soros' as cybernetic coup master, Macy Conferences, LSD, Milton Erickson, neuro-linguistic programming, NLP, behavioral modification, MK-ULTRA, Ewen Cameron, Donald Hebb, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, anthropology, Harold Abramson, Frank Olson Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Advent of Computing
Episode 75 - A Cybernetic Future

Advent of Computing

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 67:29


Cybernetics is broadly defined as the study of control and communications, with a special emphasis on feedback-based systems. Put another way: cybernetics is the study of the flow of data. Predating computer science by decades, cybernetics offers up an interesting view of computing. But of course, there's a lot more to the picture than just computers. This episode we are looking at Project Cybersyn, an attempt to automate Chile's economy via cybernetics. To talk about this specific case we are going to dive deep into the history of cybernetics itself. Selected Sources: https://sci-hub.se/10.1086/286788 - Behavior, Purpose, and Teleology https://sci-hub.se/10.1057/jors.1984.2 - The Viable System Model, by Beer https://web.archive.org/web/20181222110043/http://ada.evergreen.edu/~arunc/texts/cybernetics/Platform/platform.pdf - Beer on Cybersyn https://web.archive.org/web/20200619033457/https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/edenm/EdenMedinaJLASAugust2006.pdf - Designing Freedom, Regulating a Nation, by Eden Medina

Our Friend the Computer
Project Cybersyn (Pre-Internet Networks)

Our Friend the Computer

Play Episode Play 20 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 34:45 Transcription Available


Camila and Ana explore Project Cybersyn – an early 70s socialist cybernetics project connecting factories in Allende's Chile. This is the first episode of our first season which will be focusing on pre-internet networks!We're on Instagram!And Twitter!Main research for the episode was done by Camila. Ana with the audio editing.Music by Nelson Guay (SoundCloud: fluxlinkages)Camila's project 'REDES: bread and justice, peaches and bananas' can be found  at https://externalpages.org/#camila-galaz References:- Beckett, Andy. 'Santiago Dreaming'. The Guardian 8 September 2003- Eaton, George. 'Project Cybersyn: the afterlife of Chile's socialist internet'. New Statesman August 2018- Evgeny, Morozov. 'The Planning Machine'. The New Yorker Vol. 90, Iss. 31 (October 2014)- Fablab Santiago ed. ‘The Counterculture Room'. Pavilion of Chile at the London Design Biennale 2016- Loeber, Katherina. 'Big Data, Algorithmic Regulation, and the History of the Cybersyn Project in Chile, 1971-1973'. Social Sciences 7, no.4:65 (April 2018)- Medina, Eden. 'Computer Memory, Collective Memory: Recovering History through Chilean Computing'. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing October-December 2005- Medina, Eden. 'Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile'. MIT Press, 2011- Medina, Eden. 'Designing Freedom, Regulating a Nation: Socialist Cybernetics in Allende's Chile '. Journal of Latin American Studies Vol. 38 Iss. 3 (August 2006)

Origins: Explorations of thought-leaders' pivotal moments
Paco Nathan - Thinking in "graphs", a data and tech pioneer on living in a complex world

Origins: Explorations of thought-leaders' pivotal moments

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 70:37


I have trouble wrapping any adequate labels around this episode's guest, Paco Nathan. Paco is a technologist, data scientist and an evangelist of a brighter data and technology future. He has an uncommon ability to synthesize the gaps and trends in this complex and evolving space, and gives me hope that we can create a more flourishing future within it.Show Notes:Origins of Artificial Intelligence and mentors (06:00)Humberto Maturana ("What the frog's eye tells the frog's brain")Fernando FloresFrancisco VarelaTerry WinogradCybernetics by Norbert Weiner (06:30)Project Cybersyn (07:00)Autopoiesis and Cognition by Humberto Maturana and Francisco VarelaExpert systems (13:20)Bell Labs (16:30)Hopfield network (16:50)Systems thinking (22:30)What is data science? (22:45)DJ PatilJohn TukeyThe complexities of today's world (29:50)Complexity and emergence (31:00)How Learning Works by Susan Ambrose (32:00)Panama papers (39:00)How to think in graphs daily (41:30)Have a shape in mind, even if you don't have the labels yetAmbiguity aversion (47:40)"Unknown unknowns"Dave Snowden and Cynefin Framework (47:45)Complex areas: no deterministic approach will arrive at a 'right answer'Medium posts: Sense and Scalability and Graph thinking (51:00)derwen.ai (52:30)How he takes notes (58:00)Lightning Round (01:01:00):Book: Ecotopia Emerging by Ernest CallenbachPassion: cookingHeart sing: sustainability and regenerative processes (open science)Screwed up: book storeRecommender systemFind guest online:Twitter: @pacoidWebsite: https://derwen.ai/paco'Five-Cut Fridays' five-song music playlist series  Paco's playlist

Agora Politics
38: Holistic Community Development with Anna Brodsky

Agora Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 98:09


Anna Brodsky is cofounder of the Global Redesign Institute, a childcare activist, and advocate for Structural Satyagraha: the design and implementation of infrastructure which supports and rewards nonviolent behavior. We talk about the meaning of structural satyagraha, American inventor Buckminster Fuller's term Dymaxion, Project Cybersyn, and their lovechild, Dymaxyn, open source cities, education, childcare as the regulatory subsystem of the community, post-scarcity, open-access governance, and holistic approaches to the future of society. Agora Politics is dedicated to upgrading our outdated theories of politics. Doing so requires honest and forthright engagement with not only academics, entrepreneurs, and intellectuals, but luminaries of all types who are tuning in to the zeitgeist and attempting to synthesize stories of the past, with knowledge of the present, and visions of the future.

PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast
Pill Pod 49 - Project Cybersyn & Latin American Politics in Overview

PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 104:39


As a supplement to Plastic Pills' new documentary on Project Cybersyn, the Pill Pod is joined by Marion, who is usually our Foucault correspondent but here in her capacity as a Mexican political theorist. We get through a segment on some unanswered questions about the documentary, and then an brief overview of Latin American politics, as well as some correction on the misconceptions and stereotypes about the region propagated by anglophones.   As always, our bonus content is available through Patreon (www.patreon.com/plasticpills) where you can also see the pre-release of the doc.

Tech Won't Save Us
Project Cybersyn Shows All Tech is Political w/ Eden Medina

Tech Won't Save Us

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 62:20


Paris Marx is joined by Eden Medina to discuss Project Cybersyn, a technological system created by Chile’s socialist government in the 1970s to manage production, and what it can teach us about political technology and innovation outside the Global North.Eden Medina is the author of “Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile.” She’s also an associate professor at MIT and the Rita Howser Fellow at the Radcliffe Institite for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Follow Eden on Twitter as @edenmedina.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com.Also mentioned in this episode:In 2020, Marian Schlotterbeck spoke to Jacobin about the fifty year anniversary of Salvador Allende’s election.Independent and left-wing delegates won major victories in the election for Chile’s constitutional assembly, making it hard for right-wing delegates to stall the process.In October 2020, Chileans voted overwhelmingly to draft a new constitution, following protests that began in 2019.Dictator Augusto Pinochet oversaw a brutal regime from 1973 to 1990, and the crimes of that period are still being prosecuted.Support the show (https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus)

Arsenal for Democracy
Apr 4, 2021 – Project Cybersyn in Allende’s Chile – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 362

Arsenal for Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 72:28


Description: Bill and Rachel discuss the book “Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile” by Eden Medina (MIT Press, 2011) on the unfinished democratic socialist computer system “Project Cybersyn.” Links and notes for Ep. 362 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AFD-Ep-362-Project-Cybersyn-in-Allendes-Chile.pdf Theme music by Stunt Bird. The post Apr 4, 2021 – Project Cybersyn in Allende’s Chile – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 362 appeared first on Arsenal For Democracy.

Auxiliary Statements
15. Cybernetic Revolutionaries Pt.2 │Eden Medina

Auxiliary Statements

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 87:37


The boys make a return to Allende’s Chile this week with the conclusion of their sketch of its all too brief flirtation with cybernetic planning. Jack and Dan look at what exactly it was that cybernetician Stafford Beer proposed as a model for real-time decentralised economic management in Chile. They explore the highs, the lows, and some lessons that can be drawn from Project Cybersyn. Reading, Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Alliende’s Chile (2014), by Eden Medina.

This Machine Kills
35. Neoliberal Prices /// Socialist Plans (patreon teaser)

This Machine Kills

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 8:31


How is a neoliberal economy planned? How should a socialist economy be planned? We parse through the “socialist calculation debate.” First laying out the critiques of socialist state planning—and the supposed superiority of the price system and spontaneous order under the market—posed by the original theorists of neoliberal thought: Ludwig Von Mises and Friedrich Hayek. Then knocking them down one-by-one as we consider what a successor of Project Cybersyn might look like. Some stuff we reference: • The Return of Social Government: From ‘Socialist Calculation’ to ‘Social Analytics’ by Will Davies https://scihub.wikicn.top/10.1177/1368431015578044 • The Use of Knowledge in Society by Friedrich Hayek: https://learn.canvas.net/courses/1446/files/549519 • How to Make a Pencil by Aaron Benanav: https://logicmag.io/commons/ • The Singular Pursuit of Comrade Bezos by Malcolm Harris: https://medium.com/s/story/the-singular-pursuit-of-comrade-bezos-3e280baa045c Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl).

This Machine Kills
34. Let’s Get Cyber-Physical

This Machine Kills

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 81:11


cold open: Interview with Eden Medina on Project Cybersyn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSmQCvfT4pU We dig into one of the most interesting and exciting experiments in socialist innovation ever attempted: Project Cybersyn in 1970s Chile. There’s much to be learned from the history of how a ragtag group of revolutionaries sought to create a cybernetic system to organize and manage a democratic socialist economy. As well as from its ultimate demise at the hands of a CIA-backed military coup. While this prototype of cybernetic democratic socialism was smothered in its cradle by authoritarian neoliberalism, the lessons gleaned from this real utopian endeavor must live on today. Cybersyn is dead, long live Cybersyn! Some stuff we reference: • Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile by Eden Medina https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionaries • The Anti-Socialist Origins of Big Data by Greg Gandin: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/anti-socialist-origins-big-data/ • Chomsky interviewed by Denis Staunton: https://chomsky.info/2009____/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl).

Future Histories International
Benjamin Bratton on Synthetic Catallaxies, Platforms of Platforms & Red Futurism (part 2/2)

Future Histories International

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 53:49


Part two of the episode with Benjamin Bratton one of the most interesting contemporary thinkers. In his work he bridges the gap between political theory and the techno-social realities and possibilities of our time.On the format:This Future Histories LIVE event came together as part of an invitation to hold a guest lecture at the Goldsmiths College in London. I proposed a format in which I would hold a short presentation on podcasting as a form of extended research and then record an episode live in front of the students. My warmest thanks go out to Mattia Paganelli for the invitation to hold the guest lecture, to Benjamin Bratton for taking part in the interview and discussion and to the students of the Goldsmiths' seminar on Computational Arts for their participation.ShownotesBenjamin Bratton's Homepage:http://www.bratton.info/Benjamin Bratton on Twitter:https://twitter.com/brattonWebsite of the Center for Design and Geopolitics:http://www.designgeopolitics.org/Bratton, Benjamin. 2016. The Stack. On Software and Sovereignty.Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/stackThe Terraforming (experimental postgraduate urban design research program at the Strelka Institute in Moscow) Website:https://theterraforming.strelka.com/Bratton, Benjamin. 2019. The Terraforming. Moskau: Strelka Press (epub, full book):https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/strelka.storage/2020/4/8100070b-5651-4409-bc4c-cac813e51124/the_terraforming_fin.epubIntroduction Lecture by Benjamin Bratton on "The Terraforming":https://youtu.be/nIStg6jsmQQ Titles, names and concepts mentioned in this episode:Wiki on Stafford Beer:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_BeerWiki on Project Cybersyn:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_CybersynMedina, Eden. 2011. Cybernetic Revolutionaries. Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionariesSrnicek, Nick. 2016. Platform Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity:https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509504862(German) „Man-Made-Katastrophen“. Schadenspiegel. Das Magazin für Schadenmanager.  vol. 1/2016:https://docplayer.org/37275834-Topics-schadenspiegel-man-made-katastrophen-das-magazin-fuer-schadenmanager-ausgabe-1-2016.htmlMorozov, Evgeny. "Digital Socialism? The Calculation Debate in the Age of Big Data". Blogeintrag in New Left Review (zuletzt aufgerufen 13.12.2021):https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialismZuboff, Shoshana. 2019. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. London: Profiles Books:https://profilebooks.com/work/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/Wiki on Catallaxy and Catallactics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catallactics;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CatallaxyWiki on Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekHayek, Friedrich. 1945. "The Use of Knowledge in Society". In The American Economic Review vol. 35(4): 519-530 (pdf, full article):https://learn.canvas.net/courses/1446/files/549519/download?download_frd=1 Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics:S01E31 | with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1):https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e31-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-1/S01E32 | with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2):https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e32-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-2/(German) S01E14 | Harald Welzer zu Kapitalismus, Planwirtschaft & liberaler Demokratie:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e14-interview-mit-harald-welzer-zu-kapitalismus-planwirtschaft-amp-liberaler-demokratie/(German) S01E19 | Jan Philipp Dapprich zu sozialistischer Planwirtschaft:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e19-jan-philipp-dapprich-zu-sozialistischer-planwirtschaft/(German) S01E30 | Paul Feigelfeld zu alternativen Zukünften, Unvollständigkeit & dem Sein in der Technik:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e30-paul-feigelfeld-zu-alternativen-zukuenften-unvollstaendigkeit-amp-dem-sein-in-der-technik/(German) S01E38 | Ulrike Hermann zu kapitalistischer Planwirtschaft:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e38-ulrike-herrmann-zu-kapitalistischer-planwirtschaft/(German) S01E39 | Jens Schröter zur Gesellschaft nach dem Geld:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e39-jens-schroeter-zur-gesellschaft-nach-dem-geld/ If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me at office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/www.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#FutureHistories, #Podcast, #DataPolitics, #BenjaminBratton, #JanGroos, #Interview, #Society, #SyntheticCatallaxy, #Catallaxy, #PlannedEconomy, #Planwirtschaft, #DesignAndGeopolitics, #Terraforming, #Strelka, #CyberneticRevolutionaries, #PlatformCapitalism, #NickSrnicek, #EdenMedina, #Democracy, #SurveillanceCapitalism, #Überwachungskapitalismus, #ShoshanaZuboff, #ProjectCybersyn, #StaffordBeer, #BigData, #EvgenyMorozov, #DigitalSocialism, #SocialistCyberneticPlanning, #Cybernetics, #Cybersyn, #Kybernetik, #SocialistCalculation, #sozialePlanwirtschaft, #kybernetischeGovernance, #OpsRoom, #digitalePlanwirtschaft, #Hayek, #User, #TheStack, #Platform, #PlatformOfPlatforms, #RedPlenty

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S01E45 - Benjamin Bratton on Synthetic Catallaxies, Platforms of Platforms & Red Futurism (part 2/2)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 53:49


Part two of the episode with Benjamin Bratton one of the most interesting contemporary thinkers. In his work he bridges the gap between political theory and the techno-social realities and possibilities of our time. On the format: This Future Histories LIVE event came together as part of an invitation to hold a guest lecture at the Goldsmiths College in London. I proposed a format in which I would hold a short presentation on podcasting as a form of extended research and then record an episode live in front of the students. My warmest thanks go out to Mattia Paganelli for the invitation to hold the guest lecture, to Benjamin Bratton for taking part in the interview and discussion and to the students of the Goldsmiths' seminar on Computational Arts for their participation. Shownotes Benjamin Bratton's Homepage: http://www.bratton.info/ Benjamin Bratton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bratton Website of the Center for Design and Geopolitics: http://www.designgeopolitics.org/ "The Stack. On Software and Sovereignty" (2016) by Benjamin Bratton: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/stack The Terraforming (experimental postgraduate urban design research program at the Strelka Institute in Moscow) Website: https://theterraforming.strelka.com/ "The Terraforming" (2019) by Benjamin Bratton: https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/strelka.storage/2020/4/8100070b-5651-4409-bc4c-cac813e51124/the_terraforming_fin.epub (epub, full book) Introduction Lecture by Benjamin Bratton on "The Terraforming": https://youtu.be/nIStg6jsmQQ  Titles, names and concepts mentioned in this episode: Wiki on Stafford Beer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_Beer Wiki on Project Cybersyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn "Cybernetic Revolutionaries" (2011) by Eden Medina: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionaries "Platform Capitalism" (2016) by Nick Srnicek: https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509504862 (German) Schadenspiegel: Das Magazin für Schadenmanager, Ausgabe 1/2016, "Man-Made-Katastrophen": https://docplayer.org/37275834-Topics-schadenspiegel-man-made-katastrophen-das-magazin-fuer-schadenmanager-ausgabe-1-2016.html "Digital Socialism? The Calculation Debate in the Age of Big Data" by Evgeny Morozov: https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialism (full article online) "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" (2019) by Shoshana Zuboff: https://profilebooks.com/work/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/ Wiki on Catallaxy and Catallactics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catallactics; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catallaxy Wiki on Friedrich Hayek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek "The Use of Knowledge in Society" (1945) by Friedrich Hayek: https://learn.canvas.net/courses/1446/files/549519/download?download_frd=1 (pdf, full article)  Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics: Episode 31 with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1): https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e31-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-1/ Episode 32 with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2): https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e32-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-2/ (German) Episode 14 mit Harald Welzer zu Kapitalismus, Planwirtschaft & liberaler Demokratie: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e14-interview-mit-harald-welzer-zu-kapitalismus-planwirtschaft-amp-liberaler-demokratie/ (German) Episode 19 mit Jan Philipp Dapprich zu sozialistischer Planwirtschaft: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e19-jan-philipp-dapprich-zu-sozialistischer-planwirtschaft/ (German) Episode 30 mit Paul Feigelfeld zu alternativen Zukünften, Unvollständigkeit & dem Sein in der Technik: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e30-paul-feigelfeld-zu-alternativen-zukuenften-unvollstaendigkeit-amp-dem-sein-in-der-technik/ (German) Episode 38 mit Ulrike Hermann zu kapitalistischer Planwirtschaft: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e38-ulrike-herrmann-zu-kapitalistischer-planwirtschaft/ (German) Episode 39 mit Jens Schröter zur Gesellschaft nach dem Geld: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e39-jens-schroeter-zur-gesellschaft-nach-dem-geld/   If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories? Write me at office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories): https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast or on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/ www.futurehistories.today   Episode Keywords: #FutureHistories, #Podcast, #DataPolitics, #BenjaminBratton, #Interview, #Society, #SyntheticCatallaxy, #Catallaxy, #PlannedEconomy, #Planwirtschaft, #DesignAndGeopolitics, #Terraforming, #Strelka, #CyberneticRevolutionaries, #PlatformCapitalism, #NickSrnicek, #EdenMedina, #Democracy, #SurveillanceCapitalism, #Überwachungskapitalismus, #ShoshanaZuboff, #ProjectCybersyn, #StaffordBeer, #BigData, #EvgenyMorozov, #DigitalSocialism, #SocialistCyberneticPlanning, #Cybernetics, #Cybersyn, #Kybernetik, #SocialistCalculation, #sozialePlanwirtschaft, #kybernetischeGovernance, #OpsRoom, #digitalePlanwirtschaft, #Hayek, #User, #TheStack, #Platform, #PlatformOfPlatforms, #RedPlenty

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Benjamin Bratton on Synthetic Catallaxies, Platforms of Platforms & Red Futurism (part 2/2)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 53:49


Part two of the episode with Benjamin Bratton one of the most interesting contemporary thinkers. In his work he bridges the gap between political theory and the techno-social realities and possibilities of our time.On the format:This Future Histories LIVE event came together as part of an invitation to hold a guest lecture at the Goldsmiths College in London. I proposed a format in which I would hold a short presentation on podcasting as a form of extended research and then record an episode live in front of the students. My warmest thanks go out to Mattia Paganelli for the invitation to hold the guest lecture, to Benjamin Bratton for taking part in the interview and discussion and to the students of the Goldsmiths' seminar on Computational Arts for their participation.ShownotesBenjamin Bratton's Homepage:http://www.bratton.info/Benjamin Bratton on Twitter:https://twitter.com/brattonWebsite of the Center for Design and Geopolitics:http://www.designgeopolitics.org/Bratton, Benjamin. 2016. The Stack. On Software and Sovereignty.Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/stackThe Terraforming (experimental postgraduate urban design research program at the Strelka Institute in Moscow) Website:https://theterraforming.strelka.com/Bratton, Benjamin. 2019. The Terraforming. Moskau: Strelka Press (epub, full book):https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/strelka.storage/2020/4/8100070b-5651-4409-bc4c-cac813e51124/the_terraforming_fin.epubIntroduction Lecture by Benjamin Bratton on "The Terraforming":https://youtu.be/nIStg6jsmQQ Titles, names and concepts mentioned in this episode:Wiki on Stafford Beer:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_BeerWiki on Project Cybersyn:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_CybersynMedina, Eden. 2011. Cybernetic Revolutionaries. Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionariesSrnicek, Nick. 2016. Platform Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity:https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509504862(German) „Man-Made-Katastrophen“. Schadenspiegel. Das Magazin für Schadenmanager.  vol. 1/2016:https://docplayer.org/37275834-Topics-schadenspiegel-man-made-katastrophen-das-magazin-fuer-schadenmanager-ausgabe-1-2016.htmlMorozov, Evgeny. "Digital Socialism? The Calculation Debate in the Age of Big Data". Blogeintrag in New Left Review (zuletzt aufgerufen 13.12.2021):https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialismZuboff, Shoshana. 2019. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. London: Profiles Books:https://profilebooks.com/work/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/Wiki on Catallaxy and Catallactics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catallactics;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CatallaxyWiki on Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekHayek, Friedrich. 1945. "The Use of Knowledge in Society". In The American Economic Review vol. 35(4): 519-530 (pdf, full article):https://learn.canvas.net/courses/1446/files/549519/download?download_frd=1 Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics:S01E31 | with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1):https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e31-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-1/S01E32 | with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2):https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e32-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-2/(German) S01E14 | Harald Welzer zu Kapitalismus, Planwirtschaft & liberaler Demokratie:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e14-interview-mit-harald-welzer-zu-kapitalismus-planwirtschaft-amp-liberaler-demokratie/(German) S01E19 | Jan Philipp Dapprich zu sozialistischer Planwirtschaft:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e19-jan-philipp-dapprich-zu-sozialistischer-planwirtschaft/(German) S01E30 | Paul Feigelfeld zu alternativen Zukünften, Unvollständigkeit & dem Sein in der Technik:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e30-paul-feigelfeld-zu-alternativen-zukuenften-unvollstaendigkeit-amp-dem-sein-in-der-technik/(German) S01E38 | Ulrike Hermann zu kapitalistischer Planwirtschaft:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e38-ulrike-herrmann-zu-kapitalistischer-planwirtschaft/(German) S01E39 | Jens Schröter zur Gesellschaft nach dem Geld:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e39-jens-schroeter-zur-gesellschaft-nach-dem-geld/ If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me at office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/www.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#FutureHistories, #Podcast, #DataPolitics, #BenjaminBratton, #JanGroos, #Interview, #Society, #SyntheticCatallaxy, #Catallaxy, #PlannedEconomy, #Planwirtschaft, #DesignAndGeopolitics, #Terraforming, #Strelka, #CyberneticRevolutionaries, #PlatformCapitalism, #NickSrnicek, #EdenMedina, #Democracy, #SurveillanceCapitalism, #Überwachungskapitalismus, #ShoshanaZuboff, #ProjectCybersyn, #StaffordBeer, #BigData, #EvgenyMorozov, #DigitalSocialism, #SocialistCyberneticPlanning, #Cybernetics, #Cybersyn, #Kybernetik, #SocialistCalculation, #sozialePlanwirtschaft, #kybernetischeGovernance, #OpsRoom, #digitalePlanwirtschaft, #Hayek, #User, #TheStack, #Platform, #PlatformOfPlatforms, #RedPlenty

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Benjamin Bratton on Synthetic Catallaxies, Platforms of Platforms & Red Futurism (part 1/2)

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2020 60:21


Benjamin Bratton is one of the most interesting thinkers of our time. In his work he bridges the gap between political theory and the techno-social realities and possibilities of our time.On the format:This Future Histories LIVE event came together as part of an invitation to hold a guest lecture at the Goldsmiths College in London. I proposed a format in which I would hold a short presentation on podcasting as a form of extended research and then record an episode live in front of the students. My warmest thanks go out to Mattia Paganelli for the invitation to hold the guest lecture, to Benjamin Bratton for taking part in the interview and discussion and to the students of the Goldsmiths' seminar on Computational Arts for their participation.ShownotesBenjamin Bratton's Homepage:http://www.bratton.info/Benjamin Bratton on Twitter:https://twitter.com/brattonWebsite of the Center for Design and Geopolitics:http://www.designgeopolitics.org/Bratton, Benjamin. 2016. The Stack. On Software and Sovereignty.Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/stackThe Terraforming (experimental postgraduate urban design research program at the Strelka Institute in Moscow) Website:https://theterraforming.strelka.com/Bratton, Benjamin. 2019. The Terraforming. Moskau: Strelka Press (epub, full book):https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/strelka.storage/2020/4/8100070b-5651-4409-bc4c-cac813e51124/the_terraforming_fin.epubIntroduction Lecture by Benjamin Bratton on "The Terraforming":https://youtu.be/nIStg6jsmQQ Titles, names and concepts mentioned in this episode:Wiki on Stafford Beer:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_BeerWiki on Project Cybersyn:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_CybersynMedina, Eden. 2011. Cybernetic Revolutionaries. Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionariesSrnicek, Nick. 2016. Platform Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity:https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509504862(German) „Man-Made-Katastrophen“. Schadenspiegel. Das Magazin für Schadenmanager.  vol. 1/2016:https://docplayer.org/37275834-Topics-schadenspiegel-man-made-katastrophen-das-magazin-fuer-schadenmanager-ausgabe-1-2016.htmlMorozov, Evgeny. "Digital Socialism? The Calculation Debate in the Age of Big Data". Blogeintrag in New Left Review (zuletzt aufgerufen 13.12.2021):https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialismZuboff, Shoshana. 2019. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. London: Profiles Books:https://profilebooks.com/work/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/Wiki on Catallaxy and Catallactics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catallactics;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CatallaxyWiki on Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekHayek, Friedrich. 1945. "The Use of Knowledge in Society". In The American Economic Review vol. 35(4): 519-530 (pdf, full article):https://learn.canvas.net/courses/1446/files/549519/download?download_frd=1 Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics:S01E31 | with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1):https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e31-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-1/S01E32 | with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2):https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e32-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-2/(German) S01E14 | Harald Welzer zu Kapitalismus, Planwirtschaft & liberaler Demokratie:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e14-interview-mit-harald-welzer-zu-kapitalismus-planwirtschaft-amp-liberaler-demokratie/(German) S01E19 | Jan Philipp Dapprich zu sozialistischer Planwirtschaft:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e19-jan-philipp-dapprich-zu-sozialistischer-planwirtschaft/(German) S01E30 | Paul Feigelfeld zu alternativen Zukünften, Unvollständigkeit & dem Sein in der Technik:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e30-paul-feigelfeld-zu-alternativen-zukuenften-unvollstaendigkeit-amp-dem-sein-in-der-technik/(German) S01E38 | Ulrike Hermann zu kapitalistischer Planwirtschaft:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e38-ulrike-herrmann-zu-kapitalistischer-planwirtschaft/(German) S01E39 | Jens Schröter zur Gesellschaft nach dem Geld:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e39-jens-schroeter-zur-gesellschaft-nach-dem-geld/ If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me at office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/www.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#FutureHistories, #Podcast, #DataPolitics, #BenjaminBratton, #JanGroos, #Interview, #Society, #SyntheticCatallaxy, #Catallaxy, #PlannedEconomy, #Planwirtschaft, #DesignAndGeopolitics, #Terraforming, #Strelka, #CyberneticRevolutionaries, #PlatformCapitalism, #NickSrnicek, #EdenMedina, #Democracy, #SurveillanceCapitalism, #Überwachungskapitalismus, #ShoshanaZuboff, #ProjectCybersyn, #StaffordBeer, #BigData, #EvgenyMorozov, #DigitalSocialism, #SocialistCyberneticPlanning, #Cybernetics, #Cybersyn, #Kybernetik, #SocialistCalculation, #sozialePlanwirtschaft, #kybernetischeGovernance, #OpsRoom, #digitalePlanwirtschaft, #Hayek, #User, #TheStack, #Platform, #PlatformOfPlatforms, #RedPlenty 

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Benjamin Bratton on Synthetic Catallaxies, Platforms of Platforms & Red Futurism (part 1/2)

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2020 60:21


Benjamin Bratton is one of the most interesting thinkers of our time. In his work he bridges the gap between political theory and the techno-social realities and possibilities of our time.On the format:This Future Histories LIVE event came together as part of an invitation to hold a guest lecture at the Goldsmiths College in London. I proposed a format in which I would hold a short presentation on podcasting as a form of extended research and then record an episode live in front of the students. My warmest thanks go out to Mattia Paganelli for the invitation to hold the guest lecture, to Benjamin Bratton for taking part in the interview and discussion and to the students of the Goldsmiths' seminar on Computational Arts for their participation.ShownotesBenjamin Bratton's Homepage:http://www.bratton.info/Benjamin Bratton on Twitter:https://twitter.com/brattonWebsite of the Center for Design and Geopolitics:http://www.designgeopolitics.org/Bratton, Benjamin. 2016. The Stack. On Software and Sovereignty.Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/stackThe Terraforming (experimental postgraduate urban design research program at the Strelka Institute in Moscow) Website:https://theterraforming.strelka.com/Bratton, Benjamin. 2019. The Terraforming. Moskau: Strelka Press (epub, full book):https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/strelka.storage/2020/4/8100070b-5651-4409-bc4c-cac813e51124/the_terraforming_fin.epubIntroduction Lecture by Benjamin Bratton on "The Terraforming":https://youtu.be/nIStg6jsmQQ Titles, names and concepts mentioned in this episode:Wiki on Stafford Beer:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_BeerWiki on Project Cybersyn:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_CybersynMedina, Eden. 2011. Cybernetic Revolutionaries. Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionariesSrnicek, Nick. 2016. Platform Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity:https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509504862(German) „Man-Made-Katastrophen“. Schadenspiegel. Das Magazin für Schadenmanager.  vol. 1/2016:https://docplayer.org/37275834-Topics-schadenspiegel-man-made-katastrophen-das-magazin-fuer-schadenmanager-ausgabe-1-2016.htmlMorozov, Evgeny. "Digital Socialism? The Calculation Debate in the Age of Big Data". Blogeintrag in New Left Review (zuletzt aufgerufen 13.12.2021):https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialismZuboff, Shoshana. 2019. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. London: Profiles Books:https://profilebooks.com/work/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/Wiki on Catallaxy and Catallactics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catallactics;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CatallaxyWiki on Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekHayek, Friedrich. 1945. "The Use of Knowledge in Society". In The American Economic Review vol. 35(4): 519-530 (pdf, full article):https://learn.canvas.net/courses/1446/files/549519/download?download_frd=1 Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics:S01E31 | with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1):https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e31-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-1/S01E32 | with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2):https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e32-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-2/(German) S01E14 | Harald Welzer zu Kapitalismus, Planwirtschaft & liberaler Demokratie:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e14-interview-mit-harald-welzer-zu-kapitalismus-planwirtschaft-amp-liberaler-demokratie/(German) S01E19 | Jan Philipp Dapprich zu sozialistischer Planwirtschaft:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e19-jan-philipp-dapprich-zu-sozialistischer-planwirtschaft/(German) S01E30 | Paul Feigelfeld zu alternativen Zukünften, Unvollständigkeit & dem Sein in der Technik:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e30-paul-feigelfeld-zu-alternativen-zukuenften-unvollstaendigkeit-amp-dem-sein-in-der-technik/(German) S01E38 | Ulrike Hermann zu kapitalistischer Planwirtschaft:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e38-ulrike-herrmann-zu-kapitalistischer-planwirtschaft/(German) S01E39 | Jens Schröter zur Gesellschaft nach dem Geld:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e39-jens-schroeter-zur-gesellschaft-nach-dem-geld/ If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me at office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/www.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#FutureHistories, #Podcast, #DataPolitics, #BenjaminBratton, #JanGroos, #Interview, #Society, #SyntheticCatallaxy, #Catallaxy, #PlannedEconomy, #Planwirtschaft, #DesignAndGeopolitics, #Terraforming, #Strelka, #CyberneticRevolutionaries, #PlatformCapitalism, #NickSrnicek, #EdenMedina, #Democracy, #SurveillanceCapitalism, #Überwachungskapitalismus, #ShoshanaZuboff, #ProjectCybersyn, #StaffordBeer, #BigData, #EvgenyMorozov, #DigitalSocialism, #SocialistCyberneticPlanning, #Cybernetics, #Cybersyn, #Kybernetik, #SocialistCalculation, #sozialePlanwirtschaft, #kybernetischeGovernance, #OpsRoom, #digitalePlanwirtschaft, #Hayek, #User, #TheStack, #Platform, #PlatformOfPlatforms, #RedPlenty 

Future Histories
S01E44 - Benjamin Bratton on Synthetic Catallaxies, Platforms of Platforms & Red Futurism (part 1/2)

Future Histories

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2020 60:21


Benjamin Bratton is one of the most interesting thinkers of our time. In his work he bridges the gap between political theory and the techno-social realities and possibilities of our time. On the format: This Future Histories LIVE event came together as part of an invitation to hold a guest lecture at the Goldsmiths College in London. I proposed a format in which I would hold a short presentation on podcasting as a form of extended research and then record an episode live in front of the students. My warmest thanks go out to Mattia Paganelli for the invitation to hold the guest lecture, to Benjamin Bratton for taking part in the interview and discussion and to the students of the Goldsmiths' seminar on Computational Arts for their participation. Shownotes Benjamin Bratton's Homepage: http://www.bratton.info/ Benjamin Bratton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bratton Website of the Center for Design and Geopolitics: http://www.designgeopolitics.org/ "The Stack. On Software and Sovereignty" (2016) by Benjamin Bratton: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/stack The Terraforming (experimental postgraduate urban design research program at the Strelka Institute in Moscow) Website: https://theterraforming.strelka.com/ "The Terraforming" (2019) by Benjamin Bratton: https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/strelka.storage/2020/4/8100070b-5651-4409-bc4c-cac813e51124/the_terraforming_fin.epub (epub, full book) Introduction Lecture by Benjamin Bratton on "The Terraforming": https://youtu.be/nIStg6jsmQQ  Titles, names and concepts mentioned in this episode: Wiki on Stafford Beer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_Beer Wiki on Project Cybersyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn "Cybernetic Revolutionaries" (2011) by Eden Medina: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionaries "Platform Capitalism" (2016) by Nick Srnicek: https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509504862 (German) Schadenspiegel: Das Magazin für Schadenmanager, Ausgabe 1/2016, "Man-Made-Katastrophen": https://docplayer.org/37275834-Topics-schadenspiegel-man-made-katastrophen-das-magazin-fuer-schadenmanager-ausgabe-1-2016.html "Digital Socialism? The Calculation Debate in the Age of Big Data" by Evgeny Morozov: https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialism (full article online) "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" (2019) by Shoshana Zuboff: https://profilebooks.com/work/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/ Wiki on Catallaxy and Catallactics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catallactics; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catallaxy Wiki on Friedrich Hayek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek "The Use of Knowledge in Society" (1945) by Friedrich Hayek: https://learn.canvas.net/courses/1446/files/549519/download?download_frd=1 (pdf, full article)  Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics: Episode 31 with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1): https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e31-daniel-saros Episode 32 with Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2): https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/daniel-saros-part-2 (German) Episode 14 mit Harald Welzer zu Kapitalismus, Planwirtschaft & liberaler Demokratie: https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e14-harald-welzer (German) Episode 19 mit Jan Philipp Dapprich zu sozialistischer Planwirtschaft: https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e19-jan-philipp-dapprich (German) Episode 30 mit Paul Feigelfeld zu alternativen Zukünften, Unvollständigkeit & dem Sein in der Technik: https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e30-paul-feigelfeld (German) Episode 38 mit Ulrike Hermann zu kapitalistischer Planwirtschaft: https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e38-ulrike-hermann (German) Episode 39 mit Jens Schröter zur Gesellschaft nach dem Geld: https://futurehistories.podbean.com/e/s01e39-jens-schroeter   If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories? Write me at office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories): https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast or on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/ www.futurehistories.today   Episode Keywords: #FutureHistories, #Podcast, #DataPolitics, #BenjaminBratton, #Interview, #Society, #SyntheticCatallaxy, #Catallaxy, #PlannedEconomy, #Planwirtschaft, #DesignAndGeopolitics, #Terraforming, #Strelka, #CyberneticRevolutionaries, #PlatformCapitalism, #NickSrnicek, #EdenMedina, #Democracy, #SurveillanceCapitalism, #Überwachungskapitalismus, #ShoshanaZuboff, #ProjectCybersyn, #StaffordBeer, #BigData, #EvgenyMorozov, #DigitalSocialism, #SocialistCyberneticPlanning, #Cybernetics, #Cybersyn, #Kybernetik, #SocialistCalculation, #sozialePlanwirtschaft, #kybernetischeGovernance, #OpsRoom, #digitalePlanwirtschaft, #Hayek, #User, #TheStack, #Platform, #PlatformOfPlatforms, #RedPlenty

Government Secrets  Podcast
Biden Transition, Slavery Still Exists, & Project Cybersyn - Gov't Secrets Ep. 016

Government Secrets Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 73:03


Future Histories
S01E26 - Philipp Staab zu digitalem Kapitalismus

Future Histories

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 62:23


Was ist neu am digitalen Kapitalismus? Philipp Staab zu proprietären Märkten, Plattformmacht und der Extraktion von Renten im digitalen Zeitalter.   Nützliche Informationen & Links: Buch "Digitaler Kapitalismus" von Philipp Staab: https://www.suhrkamp.de/buecher/digitaler_kapitalismus-philipp_staab_7515.html Homepages des Lehrstuhls: https://www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/zukunftarbeit/mitarbeiter_innen/pstaab Mariana Mazzucato "Das Kapital des Staates": https://marianamazzucato.com/entrepreneurial-state/es-d/ empfehlenswerte Dokumentation über "Quants" von Vpro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed2FWNWwE3I Begriffsdefinition "säkulare Stagnation" im Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon: https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/definition/saekulare-stagnation-44621 Buch "Platform Capitalism" von Nick Srnicek: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32999998-platform-capitalism Artikel "Digital Socialism" Evgeny Morozov: https://newleftreview.org/issues/II116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialism Future Histories S01E18 mit Simon Schaupp zu Kybernetik und radikaler Demokratie: https://castbox.fm/episode/S01E18---Simon-Schaupp-zu-Kybernetik-und-radikaler-Demokratie-id2228584-id215085737?country=de Future Histories S01E25 mit Joseph Vogl zur Krise des Regierens: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01e25-joseph-vogl Uni-Homepage von Aaron Sahr (Philipp erwähnt ihn in Bezug auf Modern Monetary Theory): https://www.his-online.de/personen/personen-detail/person/aaron-sahr/ Wiki zu Peter Thiel (wird in Zusammenhang mit Monopolen erwähnt): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel Wiki zu Modern Monetary Theory (MMT): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Monetary_Theory Artikel in Jacobin zu MMT: https://jacobinmag.com/2019/02/modern-monetary-theory-isnt-helping Wiki zu Joseph Schumpeter: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Schumpeter Paper "Die Steuerungswende" von Simon Schaupp und Georg Jochum: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333642071_Die_Steuerungswende_Zur_Moglichkeit_einer_nachhaltigen_und_demokratischen_Wirtschaftsplanung_im_digitalen_Zeitalter "Cybernetic Revolutionaries" von Eden Medina (Philipp erwähnt das chilenische Project Cybersyn): https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionaries Wiki Larry Summers (wird in Zusammenhang mit säkularer Stagnation erwähnt): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers Wenn euch Future Histories gefällt, dann erwägt doch bitte eine Unterstützung auf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories? Schreibt mir unter office@futurehistories.today und diskutiert mit auf Twitter (#FutureHistories): https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast oder auf Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/  www.futurehistories.today

Future Histories
S01E16 - Richard Barbrook on Imaginary Futures

Future Histories

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 58:54


What could desirable imaginary futures look like? Richard Barbrook brings up some very interesting ideas on this question and explores past and present futures in order to work towards different worlds to come. Shownotes & material for further reading: Richard on Monoskop https://monoskop.org/Richard_Barbrook Homepage "Imaginary Futures" http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/ Homepage "Class Wargames" https://www.classwargames.net/?tag=richard-barbrook Essay "The Californian Ideology" by Richard Barbrook & Andy Cameron http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/the-californian-ideology-2/ Essay "Cyber Communism" by Richard Barbrook http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/cyber-communism-how-the-americans-are-superseding-capitalism-in-cyberspace/ Homepage Digital Liberties cooperative https://digitalliberties.org.uk/ Homepage "Games for The Many" (who made e.g. CorbynRun) http://gamesforthemany.org/ Richard on Twitter https://twitter.com/richardbarbrook?lang=de Homepage Technopolitics Research Group http://www.technopolitics.info/ Article on the "Preston Model" (municipal socialism) https://www.academia.edu/39696129/The_Preston_Model_and_the_modern_politics_of_municipal_socialism?email_work_card=view-paper Wiki on "Austro Marxism" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austromarxism Report "Alternative Models of Ownership" https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Alternative-Models-of-Ownership.pdf Homepage "The World Transformed" Festival https://theworldtransformed.org/ Newspeak House (group of political technologists) https://www.nwspk.com/ "Grundrisse" by Karl Marx https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/grundrisse.pdf Wiki about Robert Owen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Owen Archive of the American Society for Cybernetics http://asc-cybernetics.org/online-library/ Homepage "Virtual Futures" http://www.virtualfutures.co.uk/ Book "Civilization at the Crossroads" by Radovan Richta https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315177663 Book "The People's Republic of Walmart" by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmart Book "Cybernetic Revolutionaries" by Eden Medina https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionaries Stafford Beer on Monoskop (with short video on Project Cybersyn) https://monoskop.org/Stafford_Beer Wiki "Project Cybersyn" (socialist cybernetics in Chile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn Book "Fully Automated Luxury Communism"by Aaron Bastani https://www.versobooks.com/books/2757-fully-automated-luxury-communism Homepage Novara Media (of which Aaron Bastani is a co-founder) https://novaramedia.com/ Essay "Digital Socialism" by Evgeny Morozov https://newleftreview.org/issues/II116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialism Campaign for a 4-Day-Week https://www.4dayweek.co.uk/ German campaign for a 4-Day-Week https://www.4tagewoche.de/ Exhibition "Red Vienna" at the MUSA in Vienna https://www.wienmuseum.at/en/exhibitions/upcoming/detail/das-rote-wien-1919-1934.html Essay "Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren" (1930) by John Maynard Keynes https://assets.aspeninstitute.org/content/uploads/files/content/upload/Intro_and_Section_I.pdf Wiki Charles Fourier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fourier Wiki ARPANET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET Wiki RAND Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Corporation Wiki "Austrian School of Economics" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School Wiki Friedrich Hayek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek Wiki "Road to Serfdom" by Hayek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Serfdom   If you like Future Histories, you can support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories? Write me via future_histories@protonmail.com and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories): https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast or on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/  www.futurehistories.today

Future Histories International
Richard Barbrook on Imaginary Futures

Future Histories International

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 58:54


What could desirable imaginary futures look like? Richard Barbrook brings up some very interesting ideas on this question and explores past and present futures in order to work towards different worlds to come.ShownotesRichard on Monoskop:https://monoskop.org/Richard_BarbrookRichard on Twitter:https://twitter.com/richardbarbrook?lang=deHomepage "Imaginary Futures":http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/Homepage "Class Wargames":https://www.classwargames.net/?tag=richard-barbrookBarbrook, Richard und Andy Cameron. 1995. "The Californian Ideology". In Science as Culture 6(1). 44-72:http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/the-californian-ideology-2/Barbrook, Richard. 2000. "Cyber Communism". In Science as Culture 9(1). 5-40:http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/cyber-communism-how-the-americans-are-superseding-capitalism-in-cyberspace/Homepage Digital Liberties cooperative:https://digitalliberties.org.uk/Homepage "Games for The Many" (who made e.g. CorbynRun):http://gamesforthemany.org/Homepage Technopolitics Research Group:http://www.technopolitics.info/Hanna, Thomas und Joe Bilsborough. 2018. "The ‘Preston Model' and the modern politics of municipal socialism". In openDemocracy 12(2018):https://www.academia.edu/39696129/The_Preston_Model_and_the_modern_politics_of_municipal_socialism?email_work_card=view-paperWiki on "Austro Marxism":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AustromarxismReport "Alternative Models of Ownership":https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Alternative-Models-of-Ownership.pdfHomepage "The World Transformed" Festival:https://theworldtransformed.org/Newspeak House (group of political technologists):https://www.nwspk.com/Marx, Karl. 2015. Grundrisse. marxists.org:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/grundrisse.pdfWiki about Robert Owen:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_OwenArchive of the American Society for Cybernetics:http://asc-cybernetics.org/online-library/Homepage "Virtual Futures":http://www.virtualfutures.co.uk/Richta, Radovan. 1969. Civilization at the Crossroads. New York: Routledge:https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315177663Phillips, Leigh und Michal Rozworski. 2019. The People's Republic of Walmart. London: Verso:https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmartMedina, Eden. 2011. Cybernetic Revolutionaries. Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionariesStafford Beer on Monoskop (with short video on Project Cybersyn):https://monoskop.org/Stafford_BeerWiki "Project Cybersyn" (socialist cybernetics in Chile):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_CybersynBastani, Aaron. 2020. Fully Automated Luxury Communism. London: Verso:https://www.versobooks.com/books/2757-fully-automated-luxury-communismHomepage Novara Media (of which Aaron Bastani is a co-founder):https://novaramedia.com/Morozov, Evgeny. 2019. “Digital Socialism". In New Left Review 116/117:https://newleftreview.org/issues/II116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialismCampaign for a 4-Day-Week:https://www.4dayweek.co.uk/German campaign for a 4-Day-Week:https://www.4tagewoche.de/Exhibition "Red Vienna" at the MUSA in Vienna:https://www.wienmuseum.at/en/exhibitions/upcoming/detail/das-rote-wien-1919-1934.htmlKeynes, John Maynard. 1930. “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren”. In Essays in Persuasion. New York: Harcourt Brace. 358-373:https://assets.aspeninstitute.org/content/uploads/files/content/upload/Intro_and_Section_I.pdfWiki Charles Fourier:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_FourierWiki ARPANET:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANETWiki RAND Corporation:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_CorporationWiki "Austrian School of Economics":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_SchoolWiki Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekWiki "Road to Serfdom" by Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_SerfdomThematisch angrenzende Future Histories Episoden:Was ist die Kalifornische Ideologie? Future Histories Kurzvideo:https://youtu.be/LedG4UgG3t8 If you like Future Histories, you can support the show on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me via office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureHistoriesPodcast/featuredwww.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#RichardBarbrook, #Interview, #JanGroos, #FutureHistories, #Cybernetics, #Kybernetik, #Podcast, #CalifornianIdeology, #KalifornischeIdeologie, #Hayek, #Monoskop, #AndyCameron, #CyberCommunism, #Communism, #Technopolitics, #Cybersyn, #StaffordBeer, #DigitalSocialism, #EvgenyMorozov, #ImaginaryFutures, #SiliconValley, #Economy, #TheRegulationOfLiberty, #HypermediaResearch, #NetRevolution, #DotComCapitalism, #algorithm, #Algorithmus, #DasRegierenDerAlgorithmen, #AlgorithmischesRegieren

Future Histories International
Richard Barbrook on Imaginary Futures

Future Histories International

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2019 58:54


What could desirable imaginary futures look like? Richard Barbrook brings up some very interesting ideas on this question and explores past and present futures in order to work towards different worlds to come.ShownotesRichard on Monoskop:https://monoskop.org/Richard_BarbrookRichard on Twitter:https://twitter.com/richardbarbrook?lang=deHomepage "Imaginary Futures":http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/Homepage "Class Wargames":https://www.classwargames.net/?tag=richard-barbrookBarbrook, Richard und Andy Cameron. 1995. "The Californian Ideology". In Science as Culture 6(1). 44-72:http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/the-californian-ideology-2/Barbrook, Richard. 2000. "Cyber Communism". In Science as Culture 9(1). 5-40:http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/cyber-communism-how-the-americans-are-superseding-capitalism-in-cyberspace/Homepage Digital Liberties cooperative:https://digitalliberties.org.uk/Homepage "Games for The Many" (who made e.g. CorbynRun):http://gamesforthemany.org/Homepage Technopolitics Research Group:http://www.technopolitics.info/Hanna, Thomas und Joe Bilsborough. 2018. "The ‘Preston Model' and the modern politics of municipal socialism". In openDemocracy 12(2018):https://www.academia.edu/39696129/The_Preston_Model_and_the_modern_politics_of_municipal_socialism?email_work_card=view-paperWiki on "Austro Marxism":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AustromarxismReport "Alternative Models of Ownership":https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Alternative-Models-of-Ownership.pdfHomepage "The World Transformed" Festival:https://theworldtransformed.org/Newspeak House (group of political technologists):https://www.nwspk.com/Marx, Karl. 2015. Grundrisse. marxists.org:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/grundrisse.pdfWiki about Robert Owen:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_OwenArchive of the American Society for Cybernetics:http://asc-cybernetics.org/online-library/Homepage "Virtual Futures":http://www.virtualfutures.co.uk/Richta, Radovan. 1969. Civilization at the Crossroads. New York: Routledge:https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315177663Phillips, Leigh und Michal Rozworski. 2019. The People's Republic of Walmart. London: Verso:https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmartMedina, Eden. 2011. Cybernetic Revolutionaries. Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionariesStafford Beer on Monoskop (with short video on Project Cybersyn):https://monoskop.org/Stafford_BeerWiki "Project Cybersyn" (socialist cybernetics in Chile):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_CybersynBastani, Aaron. 2020. Fully Automated Luxury Communism. London: Verso:https://www.versobooks.com/books/2757-fully-automated-luxury-communismHomepage Novara Media (of which Aaron Bastani is a co-founder):https://novaramedia.com/Morozov, Evgeny. 2019. “Digital Socialism". In New Left Review 116/117:https://newleftreview.org/issues/II116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialismCampaign for a 4-Day-Week:https://www.4dayweek.co.uk/German campaign for a 4-Day-Week:https://www.4tagewoche.de/Exhibition "Red Vienna" at the MUSA in Vienna:https://www.wienmuseum.at/en/exhibitions/upcoming/detail/das-rote-wien-1919-1934.htmlKeynes, John Maynard. 1930. “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren”. In Essays in Persuasion. New York: Harcourt Brace. 358-373:https://assets.aspeninstitute.org/content/uploads/files/content/upload/Intro_and_Section_I.pdfWiki Charles Fourier:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_FourierWiki ARPANET:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANETWiki RAND Corporation:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_CorporationWiki "Austrian School of Economics":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_SchoolWiki Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekWiki "Road to Serfdom" by Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_SerfdomThematisch angrenzende Future Histories Episoden:Was ist die Kalifornische Ideologie? Future Histories Kurzvideo:https://youtu.be/LedG4UgG3t8 If you like Future Histories, you can support the show on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me via office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureHistoriesPodcast/featuredwww.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#RichardBarbrook, #Interview, #JanGroos, #FutureHistories, #Cybernetics, #Kybernetik, #Podcast, #CalifornianIdeology, #KalifornischeIdeologie, #Hayek, #Monoskop, #AndyCameron, #CyberCommunism, #Communism, #Technopolitics, #Cybersyn, #StaffordBeer, #DigitalSocialism, #EvgenyMorozov, #ImaginaryFutures, #SiliconValley, #Economy, #TheRegulationOfLiberty, #HypermediaResearch, #NetRevolution, #DotComCapitalism, #algorithm, #Algorithmus, #DasRegierenDerAlgorithmen, #AlgorithmischesRegieren

Bella Ciao!
Ep. 7 Project Cybersyn, OGAS and China feat. Jack Chadwick (Planned Economies - Part 2)

Bella Ciao!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2019 40:10


In the second part of our series on economic planning, Ben and Jack discuss the decentralised model of planning implemented by the socialist Chilean government in the 1970s, the USSR's All-State Automated System (OGAS), and modern-day China. Jack is a postgraduate student at Cambridge University, researching the economic policies of the USSR in the Brezhnev period. He is also currently the Chair of Cambridge University Labour Club.

New Books in Political Science
Gary Metcalf, "Social Systems and Design" (Springer Verlag, 2014)

New Books in Political Science

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 64:13


In the opening chapter of his edited volume, Social Systems and Design, out from Springer in 2014, Gary Metcalf asks if it is possible to establish ethical “first principles” for the design of social systems.  Inspired by his mentor, Bela Banathy (a giant of the systems field), and pondering the potential levels of influence we might actually have over the evolutionary development of the social systems in which we are all embedded, Metcalf provocatively asks what sorts of goals should we set for ourselves and what sorts of means should we use to achieve them.  In the subsequent eight chapters, a host of systems thinking luminaries including Alexander Christakis, Peter Jones, Merrelyn Emery, Thomas Flanagan and Raul Espejo (of Project Cybersyn fame) offer probing and detailed contributions to the search for answers to these questions.  Along the way, readers will gain an acquaintance with the concepts behind Dialogical Design Science, Co-Laboratories of Democracy, Third Phase Science, Open Systems Theory and much more.   This volume is a trans-disciplinary feast of some of the most progressive thinking going on in the systems field regarding such issues as sustainability, governance of the commons, and the maintenance and expansion of democracy.  My conversation with editor, Gary Metcalf, is no less engaging and thought provoking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Anthropology
Gary Metcalf, "Social Systems and Design" (Springer Verlag, 2014)

New Books in Anthropology

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 64:13


In the opening chapter of his edited volume, Social Systems and Design, out from Springer in 2014, Gary Metcalf asks if it is possible to establish ethical “first principles” for the design of social systems.  Inspired by his mentor, Bela Banathy (a giant of the systems field), and pondering the potential levels of influence we might actually have over the evolutionary development of the social systems in which we are all embedded, Metcalf provocatively asks what sorts of goals should we set for ourselves and what sorts of means should we use to achieve them.  In the subsequent eight chapters, a host of systems thinking luminaries including Alexander Christakis, Peter Jones, Merrelyn Emery, Thomas Flanagan and Raul Espejo (of Project Cybersyn fame) offer probing and detailed contributions to the search for answers to these questions.  Along the way, readers will gain an acquaintance with the concepts behind Dialogical Design Science, Co-Laboratories of Democracy, Third Phase Science, Open Systems Theory and much more.   This volume is a trans-disciplinary feast of some of the most progressive thinking going on in the systems field regarding such issues as sustainability, governance of the commons, and the maintenance and expansion of democracy.  My conversation with editor, Gary Metcalf, is no less engaging and thought provoking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books Network
Gary Metcalf, "Social Systems and Design" (Springer Verlag, 2014)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 64:13


In the opening chapter of his edited volume, Social Systems and Design, out from Springer in 2014, Gary Metcalf asks if it is possible to establish ethical “first principles” for the design of social systems.  Inspired by his mentor, Bela Banathy (a giant of the systems field), and pondering the potential levels of influence we might actually have over the evolutionary development of the social systems in which we are all embedded, Metcalf provocatively asks what sorts of goals should we set for ourselves and what sorts of means should we use to achieve them.  In the subsequent eight chapters, a host of systems thinking luminaries including Alexander Christakis, Peter Jones, Merrelyn Emery, Thomas Flanagan and Raul Espejo (of Project Cybersyn fame) offer probing and detailed contributions to the search for answers to these questions.  Along the way, readers will gain an acquaintance with the concepts behind Dialogical Design Science, Co-Laboratories of Democracy, Third Phase Science, Open Systems Theory and much more.   This volume is a trans-disciplinary feast of some of the most progressive thinking going on in the systems field regarding such issues as sustainability, governance of the commons, and the maintenance and expansion of democracy.  My conversation with editor, Gary Metcalf, is no less engaging and thought provoking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Systems and Cybernetics
Gary Metcalf, "Social Systems and Design" (Springer Verlag, 2014)

New Books in Systems and Cybernetics

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 64:13


In the opening chapter of his edited volume, Social Systems and Design, out from Springer in 2014, Gary Metcalf asks if it is possible to establish ethical “first principles” for the design of social systems.  Inspired by his mentor, Bela Banathy (a giant of the systems field), and pondering the potential levels of influence we might actually have over the evolutionary development of the social systems in which we are all embedded, Metcalf provocatively asks what sorts of goals should we set for ourselves and what sorts of means should we use to achieve them.  In the subsequent eight chapters, a host of systems thinking luminaries including Alexander Christakis, Peter Jones, Merrelyn Emery, Thomas Flanagan and Raul Espejo (of Project Cybersyn fame) offer probing and detailed contributions to the search for answers to these questions.  Along the way, readers will gain an acquaintance with the concepts behind Dialogical Design Science, Co-Laboratories of Democracy, Third Phase Science, Open Systems Theory and much more.   This volume is a trans-disciplinary feast of some of the most progressive thinking going on in the systems field regarding such issues as sustainability, governance of the commons, and the maintenance and expansion of democracy.  My conversation with editor, Gary Metcalf, is no less engaging and thought provoking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/systems-and-cybernetics

New Books in Sociology
Gary Metcalf, "Social Systems and Design" (Springer Verlag, 2014)

New Books in Sociology

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 64:13


In the opening chapter of his edited volume, Social Systems and Design, out from Springer in 2014, Gary Metcalf asks if it is possible to establish ethical “first principles” for the design of social systems.  Inspired by his mentor, Bela Banathy (a giant of the systems field), and pondering the potential levels of influence we might actually have over the evolutionary development of the social systems in which we are all embedded, Metcalf provocatively asks what sorts of goals should we set for ourselves and what sorts of means should we use to achieve them.  In the subsequent eight chapters, a host of systems thinking luminaries including Alexander Christakis, Peter Jones, Merrelyn Emery, Thomas Flanagan and Raul Espejo (of Project Cybersyn fame) offer probing and detailed contributions to the search for answers to these questions.  Along the way, readers will gain an acquaintance with the concepts behind Dialogical Design Science, Co-Laboratories of Democracy, Third Phase Science, Open Systems Theory and much more.   This volume is a trans-disciplinary feast of some of the most progressive thinking going on in the systems field regarding such issues as sustainability, governance of the commons, and the maintenance and expansion of democracy.  My conversation with editor, Gary Metcalf, is no less engaging and thought provoking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Ventricles
Cybernetic Revolutionaries

Ventricles

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 25:00


How are technologies shaped by political needs, and how do technologies enable new kinds of politics? In this episode, Professor Eden Medina tells the history of communications technologies in Chile, during the socialist government of Salvador Allende, in the early 1970s. She explains how the innovative cybernetics systems, Project Cybersyn, was employed by the central government to communicate with people and officials across the country in an unprecedented way. Finally, we discuss how important this system seemed to Chileans in a time of political turmoil and what it came to represent - not only to the government, but to to the people of Chile.

Greater Than Code
093: BOOK CLUB! Cybernetic Revolutionaries with Eden Medina

Greater Than Code

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 66:47


Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile (Print Version) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262525968/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262525968&linkId=e09a1ed21dc65f0235d273fa6e30db5b) 01:57 – Eden’s Superpower: Being a Patient Learner 06:51 – Determining Your Ability/Eligibility to Speak as an Expert 08:55 – Electrical Engineering => Law => PhD Work 12:47 – The History of Cybernetics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics) 15:51 – American vs British Cybernetics The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future by Andrew Pickering (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226667901/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0226667901&linkId=442c315bcdda3e32db2428df1dfab243) Grey Walter’s Tortoises (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLULRlmXkKo) 17:37 – The Many Definitions of Cybernetics The Cybernetics Moment: Or Why We Call Our Age the Information Age (New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History) by Ronald R. Kline (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/142142424X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=142142424X&linkId=446c68cf5c6674b14e216d1099f09f05) 25:03 – Project Cybersyn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn) 45:56 – Sociotechnical Engineering 53:24 – Creating Ethically Sound Tools Reflections: Astrid: The power dynamics that are already baked into our tools and the history of computing is global. Jessica: Looking into second-order cybernetics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-order_cybernetics). Rein: The importance of learning about history, culture, and how people work as being necessary for a technical career. Eden: Making connections throughout the show. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode). To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Eden Medina.

Proles of the Round Table
PRT Episode 6: Chile's Project CyberSyn - Allende's Legacy

Proles of the Round Table

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 89:35


Join the Proles as they interrupt Ethan incessantly and discuss the interesting and often ignored topic of Salvador Allende's top secret project CyberSyn. Also the first ever "Seeing Red" segment.  Please subscribe on your favorite podcast apps and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate our facebook page at facebook.com/proles pod and follow us on Twitter @prolespod.  If you have any episode suggestions, or comments, DM us on either of those platforms or email us at prolesoftheroundtable@protonmail.com All episodes prior to episode 4 can be found on YouTube, so go check that out as well!  Sources/Suggested Reading: "Cybernetic Revolution" by Eden Medina "Towards a New Socialism" by Paul Cockshott and Allin Cattrell

New Books Network
Eden Medina, “Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile” (MIT Press, 2011)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2018 65:22


It would be difficult to argue against Stafford Beer’s Project Cybersyn as the most bold and audacious chapter in the history of cybernetics.  In the early 70’s, at the invitation of leftist president, Salvador Allende, the “father of management cybernetics” (as Norbert Wiener christened Beer) attempted nothing less than the development and implementation of a cybernetic governance system for Chile’s nationalized economy.  For decades, we have relied solely on the writings of Beer and his associates for accounts of this amazing techno-political adventure but, thanks to Eden Medina’s Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile, from the MIT press (originally published in 2011 and out in softcover in 2014), we now have a deeply researched scholarly investigation of this extraordinary historical moment in which Beer’s cybernetic Viable System Model was positioned as a tool to enable radical socialist transformation while remaining within Chile’s constitutional democratic framework.  Medina deftly guides us through this astonishing odyssey as the utopian visionary Beer and his brilliant and inspired team of local collaborators, facing an invisible US led economic and technological blockade, craft a real-time communications network stretching the entire length of Chile out of two mainframe computers and a warehouse full of unused telex machines and which proves its mettle in response to a wildly disruptive US funded national truck drivers strike.  Along the way, we meet a colorful cast of characters including doctor turned Marxist lightning rod, Salvador Allende, wily young political operator and future Silicon valley innovator, Fernando Flores, and of course, the wildly charismatic business guru turned leftist, new age quasi-mystic, Stafford Beer; all wrestling with the struggle to keep their emancipatory egalitarian project of distributed decision making and control from tipping over into centralized technocracy as the entire Chilean socialist project teeters towards its brutal and tragic ending.  Seamlessly blending compelling storytelling and astute technological, political, and cultural analysis, Medina’s book stands as a penetrating look at an under-theorized political experiment and a detailed summary of its still hotly debated legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Systems and Cybernetics
Eden Medina, “Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile” (MIT Press, 2011)

New Books in Systems and Cybernetics

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2018 65:22


It would be difficult to argue against Stafford Beer's Project Cybersyn as the most bold and audacious chapter in the history of cybernetics.  In the early 70's, at the invitation of leftist president, Salvador Allende, the “father of management cybernetics” (as Norbert Wiener christened Beer) attempted nothing less than the... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/systems-and-cybernetics

New Books in History
Eden Medina, “Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile” (MIT Press, 2011)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2018 65:22


It would be difficult to argue against Stafford Beer’s Project Cybersyn as the most bold and audacious chapter in the history of cybernetics.  In the early 70’s, at the invitation of leftist president, Salvador Allende, the “father of management cybernetics” (as Norbert Wiener christened Beer) attempted nothing less than the development and implementation of a cybernetic governance system for Chile’s nationalized economy.  For decades, we have relied solely on the writings of Beer and his associates for accounts of this amazing techno-political adventure but, thanks to Eden Medina’s Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile, from the MIT press (originally published in 2011 and out in softcover in 2014), we now have a deeply researched scholarly investigation of this extraordinary historical moment in which Beer’s cybernetic Viable System Model was positioned as a tool to enable radical socialist transformation while remaining within Chile’s constitutional democratic framework.  Medina deftly guides us through this astonishing odyssey as the utopian visionary Beer and his brilliant and inspired team of local collaborators, facing an invisible US led economic and technological blockade, craft a real-time communications network stretching the entire length of Chile out of two mainframe computers and a warehouse full of unused telex machines and which proves its mettle in response to a wildly disruptive US funded national truck drivers strike.  Along the way, we meet a colorful cast of characters including doctor turned Marxist lightning rod, Salvador Allende, wily young political operator and future Silicon valley innovator, Fernando Flores, and of course, the wildly charismatic business guru turned leftist, new age quasi-mystic, Stafford Beer; all wrestling with the struggle to keep their emancipatory egalitarian project of distributed decision making and control from tipping over into centralized technocracy as the entire Chilean socialist project teeters towards its brutal and tragic ending.  Seamlessly blending compelling storytelling and astute technological, political, and cultural analysis, Medina’s book stands as a penetrating look at an under-theorized political experiment and a detailed summary of its still hotly debated legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Latin American Studies
Eden Medina, “Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile” (MIT Press, 2011)

New Books in Latin American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2018 65:22


It would be difficult to argue against Stafford Beer’s Project Cybersyn as the most bold and audacious chapter in the history of cybernetics.  In the early 70’s, at the invitation of leftist president, Salvador Allende, the “father of management cybernetics” (as Norbert Wiener christened Beer) attempted nothing less than the development and implementation of a cybernetic governance system for Chile’s nationalized economy.  For decades, we have relied solely on the writings of Beer and his associates for accounts of this amazing techno-political adventure but, thanks to Eden Medina’s Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile, from the MIT press (originally published in 2011 and out in softcover in 2014), we now have a deeply researched scholarly investigation of this extraordinary historical moment in which Beer’s cybernetic Viable System Model was positioned as a tool to enable radical socialist transformation while remaining within Chile’s constitutional democratic framework.  Medina deftly guides us through this astonishing odyssey as the utopian visionary Beer and his brilliant and inspired team of local collaborators, facing an invisible US led economic and technological blockade, craft a real-time communications network stretching the entire length of Chile out of two mainframe computers and a warehouse full of unused telex machines and which proves its mettle in response to a wildly disruptive US funded national truck drivers strike.  Along the way, we meet a colorful cast of characters including doctor turned Marxist lightning rod, Salvador Allende, wily young political operator and future Silicon valley innovator, Fernando Flores, and of course, the wildly charismatic business guru turned leftist, new age quasi-mystic, Stafford Beer; all wrestling with the struggle to keep their emancipatory egalitarian project of distributed decision making and control from tipping over into centralized technocracy as the entire Chilean socialist project teeters towards its brutal and tragic ending.  Seamlessly blending compelling storytelling and astute technological, political, and cultural analysis, Medina’s book stands as a penetrating look at an under-theorized political experiment and a detailed summary of its still hotly debated legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
Eden Medina, “Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile” (MIT Press, 2011)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2018 65:29


It would be difficult to argue against Stafford Beer’s Project Cybersyn as the most bold and audacious chapter in the history of cybernetics.  In the early 70’s, at the invitation of leftist president, Salvador Allende, the “father of management cybernetics” (as Norbert Wiener christened Beer) attempted nothing less than the development and implementation of a cybernetic governance system for Chile’s nationalized economy.  For decades, we have relied solely on the writings of Beer and his associates for accounts of this amazing techno-political adventure but, thanks to Eden Medina’s Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile, from the MIT press (originally published in 2011 and out in softcover in 2014), we now have a deeply researched scholarly investigation of this extraordinary historical moment in which Beer’s cybernetic Viable System Model was positioned as a tool to enable radical socialist transformation while remaining within Chile’s constitutional democratic framework.  Medina deftly guides us through this astonishing odyssey as the utopian visionary Beer and his brilliant and inspired team of local collaborators, facing an invisible US led economic and technological blockade, craft a real-time communications network stretching the entire length of Chile out of two mainframe computers and a warehouse full of unused telex machines and which proves its mettle in response to a wildly disruptive US funded national truck drivers strike.  Along the way, we meet a colorful cast of characters including doctor turned Marxist lightning rod, Salvador Allende, wily young political operator and future Silicon valley innovator, Fernando Flores, and of course, the wildly charismatic business guru turned leftist, new age quasi-mystic, Stafford Beer; all wrestling with the struggle to keep their emancipatory egalitarian project of distributed decision making and control from tipping over into centralized technocracy as the entire Chilean socialist project teeters towards its brutal and tragic ending.  Seamlessly blending compelling storytelling and astute technological, political, and cultural analysis, Medina’s book stands as a penetrating look at an under-theorized political experiment and a detailed summary of its still hotly debated legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hidden History
Episode 13: Project Cybersyn

Hidden History

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 13:07


Episode 13: On September 11th, 1973, a military coup in Chile overthrew the world's first democratically elected Marxist president, Salvador Allende. As the new military dictatorship was dismantling Chilean democracy, they came across a small, futuristic room that projected absolute power. Learn about the history and context for Salvador Allende's Project Cybersyn in this week's episode.

PODGODZ
PODGODZ 215

PODGODZ

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2016 63:26


Podgodz 215 Recorded 11 October 2016 I ran out of pod hard again Mystery Show: Dead Gio wants to talk about TV anachronisms Locker room talk   Lax Top 5   Add: The Dead Pilots Society   Shows that pissed me off/weren’t good Dana Gould Hour: Electile Dysfunction Top 5 shows of the Week   Up for contention but not making the list this week The Incomparable #321: Purgatory Box (Toy Story 3) BBC Radio 4: News Quiz Extra #5 CBC This is That: Fake Ontario Trees 99% Invisible #230: Project Cybersyn Roderick on the Line #219: It’s an  Off Day   Top 5 5)    This American Life #598: My Undesirable Talent 4)   Teevee #197: Luke Cage Rewind: Episodes 1-3 3)   No Such Thing as a Fish #134: NSTAs Sauce Read More →

99% Invisible
230- Project Cybersyn

99% Invisible

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 21:04


On September 11, 1973, a military junta violently took control of Chile, which was led at the time by President Salvador Allende. Allende had become president in a free and democratic election. After the military coup, General Augusto Pinochet took … Continue reading →

99% Invisible
230- Project Cybersyn

99% Invisible

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 21:02


On September 11, 1973, a military junta violently took control of Chile, which was led at the time by President Salvador Allende. Allende had become president in a free and democratic election. After the military coup, General Augusto Pinochet took … Continue reading →