January 10, 2021

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

53 minutes

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/

Bratton, Benjamin. 2016. The Stack. On Software and Sovereignty.Cambridge: MIT Press:

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/

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.epub

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

Medina, Eden. 2011. Cybernetic Revolutionaries. Cambridge: MIT Press:

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionaries

Srnicek, 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.html

Morozov, 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-socialism

Zuboff, 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/Catallaxy

Wiki on Friedrich Hayek:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek

Hayek, 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/

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