Reason in Revolt

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Oct 27, 2022
Towards making correct decisions: Against moralism
Moralism is a certain pattern of thinking (and an accompanying rhetoric) which many comrades use, sometimes unknowingly. The purpose of this note is to clarify what this pattern is and to explain why it does not always lead to the correct decisions.…
Oct 17, 2022
What is fascism, and what does it have to do with capitalism?
The purpose of this post is to clarify the relationship between the following things Fascism Capitalism Democracy Liberalism Socialism What is fascism Fascism is part of how capitalism defends itself in times of extreme crisis.…
Oct 9, 2022
Magic is indistinguishable from sufficiently advanced technology: Rain dances of the future
A nice forest. Photo: Jody Amiet/AFP/Getty Images. When it’s dry, and trees are thirsty, the forest emits large amounts of nice-smelling, piney chemicals called terpenes.…
Sep 16, 2022
Burritos and Distributed Domination in the App Era
I went to try the veggie burrito at Aliberto’s. It’s very good. While I was eating, a woman1 came in, went to the counter, and gave the details of the order she was picking up to the man behind the counter (Latin-American, native Spanish speaker).…
Sep 15, 2022
An honest techno-Utopianism
I just watched some of the videos of the talks from the “Schelling Point Conference”. These talks give a clear display of a current within the crypto/web3 space: techno-utopianism.…