[NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Simon Biggs]

I’ve always been sceptical of manifestos, isms and movements. They typically corrupt themselves and end up in a car crash. The same goes for ideology.

I have two questions:

In what sense is accelerationism distinct from prior isms?
Distinct or not, do I want to be associated with it - or don’t I have a choice (perhaps Marc can answer that one…)?

best

Simon


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> On 21 Apr 2016, at 22:55, dave miller <dave.miller.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't understand what accelerationism is yet, as I need to read a lot more - and a few times - and let it sink in. I find it hard to understand, to be honest.
> 
> I'm interested though in the connection with Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto
> 
> And I'd like to know more about the accelerationist aesthetic, what it is, and why.
> 
> I'd like to know the general view from people on this list - as we are all new media/ net art/ media techy types , who have been experimenting with art, networked technology and politics for ages, is this something we should 
> a) take very seriously
> b) embrace
> c) be sceptical of?
> d) be scared of?
> e) wish that we'd thought of
> 
> cheers dave
> 
> 
> On 21 April 2016 at 14:06, Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com <mailto:sondheim at panix.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi - I have a naive question - does accelerationism deal with issues of pollution, extinction, and so forth? Can one wait for accelerationism? Has one already waited?
> Thanks, Alan
> 
> 
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, ruth catlow wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> My name is Ruth Catlow,
> and I am an Accelerationist.
> 
> Back in 1996 ....
> (to be continued)
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