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Marcolli’s Case for Cybernetic Communism
Matilde Marcolli’s recent paper “The Problem of Scale in Anarchism and the Case for Cybernetic Communism” (signed Aurora Apolita), is an important and timely contribution to anarchist and communist thought, weaving together rich knowledge of these histories with advancements in complexity theory and algorithmic information theory. I completely agree with her that we need to…
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The Virus and the Tree
Alexander Wilson 2020-04-06 LOCKDOWN THEORY #19 How does the parasite usually take hold? It tries to become invisible. – Michel Serres, The Parasite 1. From a biological perspective, humans inhabit the outer branches of the so-called tree of life; or, perhaps more accurately, a minuscule and most fragile twig, a freshly sprouted thorn. 2. This putative tree…