Future Histories International

Jan 18 2025 37 ep. 71 mins 44

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Jaya Klara Brekke on the Political in Blockchain

Which conceptions of the political are inscribed in blockchain technologies? What is cryptoeconomics? And what does it look like if we disassemble the blockchain truth machine?

Richard Barbrook on Imaginary Futures

Nov 30 2019 58 mins

What could desirable imaginary futures look like? Richard Barbrook brings up some very interesting ideas on this question and explores past and present futures in order to work towards different worlds to come.

Dime & Punishment Panel

This is a the recording of a panel I organized and moderated in Febuary 2020 as part of my research fellowship at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. The panel critically discusses the expansion of cryptoeconomics into an 'art of government'. The panelists are: - Jaya Klara Brekke (Post-Doc Researcher at the Department of Geography, Durham University) - Benjamin Sei

Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1)

Jun 27 2020 80 mins

Part 1 of the in depth interview with Daniel E Saros.

Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2)

Jul 11 2020 74 mins

Part 2 of the in depth interview with Daniel E Saros. While many are unsatisfied with capitalism and critique it in highly sophisticated ways, there are few concrete proposals for a socialist mode of production that could replace the capitalist one. Daniel E. Saros has developed such a proposal in his book "Information Technology and Socialist Construction – The End of Capital an

Jeffrey Sachs on Economics Beyond GDP

Aug 22 2020 44 mins

It's high time for economics to overcome its obsession with GDP and move towards better indicators in the pursuit of a general wellbeing, says Jeffrey Sachs, well known economist, director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Professor at Columbia University.

Moira Weigel on Palantir, Tech-Nationalism & Aggression in the Life-World

Nov 28 2020 57 mins

In her work Moira Weigel takes a close look at the liaison between technology and nationalism. For this the dissertation of Palantir’s CEO, Alex C. Karp, is a surprisingly revealing document.

Benjamin Bratton on Synthetic Catallaxies, Platforms of Platforms & Red Futurism (part 1/2)

Dec 26 2020 60 mins

Benjamin Bratton is one of the most interesting thinkers of our time. In his work he bridges the gap between political theory and the techno-social realities and possibilities of our time.

Benjamin Bratton on Synthetic Catallaxies, Platforms of Platforms & Red Futurism (part 2/2)

Jan 09 2021 53 mins

Part two of the episode with Benjamin Bratton one of the most interesting contemporary thinkers. In his work he bridges the gap between political theory and the techno-social realities and possibilities of our time.

Jasper Bernes on Planning and Anarchy

Jul 10 2021 85 mins

Jasper Bernes presents a sharp critique of centralized planning and proposes what he calls: Planarchy.