Gil Duran: The Dark Enlightenment
https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/707010/gil-duran-the-nerd-reich-tech-billionaires-authoritarianism-dictator?ref=thenerdreich.com Why tech billionaires want a dictatorship Jon ForttJul 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Jon Fortt, CNBC journalist, cohost of Closing Bell: Overtime, and … Continue reading →
Accelerationism & the Global Collapse
What we are witnessing now with the economic cataclysm caused by the US trade tariffs is Right Wing Accelerationism in action. Dystopia Now podcast explains, through the lens of Peter … Continue reading →
Facing ’25: Organizing Our Thoughts
I found this article by Kelly Hayes (linked from a Mastodon account) to be really insightful about how we approach the looming political storm in 2025. Like the article by … Continue reading →
Mark Fisher: Exiting the Vampire Castle
I often read Mark Fisher along with Byung Chul Han because I hear resonances between these two very different authors, Fisher being the social and cultural themes sung to the … Continue reading →
Satrapi: Art is Powerful
Like Pussy Riot in Russia, fighting the combined power of religion and state, Marjane Satrapi creates imaginable worlds free of female oppression in Iran. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/16/marjane-satrapi-interview-persepolis-woman-life-freedom “It is 24 years since … Continue reading →
