Technology should be built to truly last and not be quickly rendered obsolete due to faulty design flaws. Technology is not a politically neutral entity, nor should anyone be unaware of the fact that philosophers can project their own ideas… Read More ›
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SMP Compendium: Project Cybersyn and Ernst Jünger’s ‘Phonophores’ and ‘Luminar’
It is generally agreed that the Internet and smartphones are ubiquitous aspects of everyday life in the early 21st century. Everyone uses the Internet to connect with others and everyone else browses on their smartphone when the opportunity arises. It is… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Why the “Splinternet” is an Alternative to the World Wide Web (WWW)
Information technologies grew up alongside nuclear technologies in the wake of the Second World War. The most obvious example of their pervasive importance is of course the World Wide Web (WWW). The WWW is the digital medium that everyone uses… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: The Internet, the Y2K Bug, and the Work-Standard’s Mechanization Rate
Information technologies grew up alongside nuclear technologies in the wake of the Second World War. The most obvious example of their pervasive importance is of course the World Wide Web (WWW). The WWW is the digital medium that everyone uses… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Technology and the War Effort (Pt. I of III)
War is politics. The Military-Industrial Complex is one of the products from the State of Total Mobilization. When it became apparent that industrialization had military implications, nations began to field massive armies and navies from the 19th century onward. The early… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Technology and the War Effort (Pt. II of III)
On a Russian State cultural media website, there was an article about the Soviet Ruble that featured a Josef Stalin quote which reads: “If a Socialist country pegs its Currency to a Liberal Capitalist Currency, then this Socialist country must forget… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Technology and the War Effort (Pt. III of III)
“Free to Choose?” “[Economic] Socialization does not mean nationalization by expropriation or theft. It is not all concerned with nominal property, but rather with the techniques of administration. Buying up industries right and left for the sake of some slogan,… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Introduction to the Art of Technology
Another variation of the Political Organization Problem pertains to Technology affecting how various artforms are conducted and how people discuss and critique them. Life imitates art, it is often said, and the type of Total Mobilization being employed affects the artforms in… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: The Tactical Logic of Technology
The Art of Socialist Finance cannot be conveyed in a massive book of rules and regulations like a “~70,000-page Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Code.” The styles which govern Socialist Finance are to be applied in accordance with present-day economic… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: The Operational Logic of Technology
Previously, we explored the various possibilities where such technologies can be employed on a tactical level. Here, we will be exploring those same technologies at an operational level. The Art of Socialist Finance requires its own Socialist Fintech in the… Read More ›
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