Category: Technology
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The Doppelgänger in the Machine
The internet used to be amazing. It was a bustling agora of human thought and debate, where we could share ideas and ideas free from the mechanisms of the market. But now it’s a discombobulating hall of corporate mirrors, with every reflection slightly warped to the will of an extractive…
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NFTs are killing creativity
The art market has always faced accusations of being over-inflated and reducing the subversive, political, ethical and perhaps spiritual potency of art in favour of pure profit. Banksy’s ‘Girl With Balloon’ piece pictured above – where a stunt to shred an artwork didn’t go to plan and as a result,…
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Jurassic World and Personal Technology
Jurassic World is a film about dinosaurs isn’t it? Well yes and no. Like all good films, the subtexts run rather differently to what we actually see on screen. So while we see giant dinosaurs taking chunks out of each other, we’re also witnessing a rather subtle commentary on social relations,…
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Exploring our Techno-Societies: A Kickstarter Project
The intensification of technology is a process that we can no longer ignore. Stephen Hawking recently said Artificial Intelligence could end mankind, televisions are spying on us, Hollywood blockbusters warn of dystopic futures. These ‘big’ ideas about technology are critical to the debate about what it means to be human…
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