Nationalism as simulacrum
For context some of my previous writing on right wing appeal to sentimentality: The nostalgic wound and the appeal of “the good old days” To …
The possibilities of radical consent
The possibilities of radical consent This is a slightly edited version of a talk I gave last summer at Progress Bar in Amsterdam. It’s Saturday night, …
The magnanimous middle ground and maintaining colonial order
The magnanimous middle ground and maintaining colonial order Mainstream media is currently riding high on the trend of equating anti fascism to neo nazism. There is …
Our collective unconscious of violence: on networks and discipline
Our collective unconscious of violence: on networks and discipline This is the text of the talk I gave at the “Public Lives/Private Platform: The Politics …
Big Data and the ethics of community surveillance
Big Data and the ethics of community surveillance In the previous essay of this ongoing series about Big Data, I discussed how the emotional states …
When the personal is necropolitical: on Inauguration Day and alliances of hate
When the personal is necropolitical: on Inauguration Day and alliances of hate Today marks what I believe will be remembered as a new era. We tend …
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When white fears become Big Data: racist emotions and the populists who love them
When white fears become Big Data: racist emotions and the populists who love them At the end of last year I started exploring issues surrounding Big …
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Surveys, vigilance and the myth of neutral data
Surveys, vigilance and the myth of neutral data In mid December I started a series of explorations on Big Data. I hoped to touch on often …
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Private Internet and Public Streets
Private Internet and Public Streets The peak in search for doxxing on the same week that Adrian Chen published his report Last week I published a very …
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A simplified political history of Big Data
A simplified political history of Big Data In the Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body, Victoria Pitts-Taylor traces the racial classification and subsequent quantifications of human beings …