Nicholas Blincoe Parrot Room Discussion (2)

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• 00:00:00

  So, Nicholas, at this time, we'll kind of pivot the discussion a little bit. We'll open up a Q&A for all of the patrons who are in here. And I just wanted to say thank you for appearing on the show. And the following bit of the conversation will be on Zero Book's Patreon account as a sort of parrot room discussion…

• 00:03:16

  Because one of the interesting things that the CCA really brings. About is the advent of so-called theory fiction and where it's ambiguous as to what it is in the same way that, you know, Neuromancer is very fiction, theory fiction in terms of the new ways it speculates about the future of technology. Actually…

• 00:06:50

  capitals have been criticized we haven't you know we haven't seen anything yet so fisher is the the continuum of all of the utopian desires for a plenty uh that have been continually repressed from especially given the example say of chile the idea of a cybernetic cyber sign uh the cybernetic uh cybernetic democracy…

• 00:16:05

  what sam brings up with the sort of fresco of crises that now marks the early part of the 21st century where do you see oh how and you don't have to put all your cards on the table here but how have your politics evolved uh you know considering the people who worked with nick and like folks like ray brassier…

• 00:25:38

  just mentioned kind of uh like what is what are the the grand ideas from the the of the current state and like the future like what are these visions of the future and i actually don't know if there's like a parallel or like um a parallel fiction uh or like you know like like you know like like like like like like…

• 00:29:43

  So suddenly we all had computers. We were aware that... People were unaware that the world would change, especially the world's tomorrow, especially the world's tomorrow, especially the world's tomorrow, especially the world's tomorrow, especially the world's tomorrow, especially the world's tomorrow, especially…

• 00:34:38

  James Jensen And I would just add to that, the one problem that I think remains that Lyotard, Deleuze and Guattari, even Mark Fisher, we can't really solve or ultimately get our heads around is, you know, what is it that truly mitigates the tension between the positive and negative feedback loops? You know, that which…

• 00:38:45

  Thank you all the best. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Bye. All right. Take care, everyone. Thank you. See you everyone.