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

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/


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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