Nick Land

Accelerationism

Obsolete Capitalism: NICK LAND :: A QUICK-AND-DIRTY INTRODUCTION TO ACCELERATIONISM @ cyberjacobite 25may2017
From Fanged Noumena - written when NL was much more left wing with many ideas coming from critique of capitalism.

Capital is always attempting to de-territorialize/break down barriers/traditional structures of society
These structures of society are, in the first place, built to prevent the cultural meltdown process that comes from unrestrained capital.
Like taking the control rods out of a nuclear reactor
Capital ends up in a closed loop
Increasing commoditization
Increasing industrialization
These things mutually excite each other
This creates a closed and positive feedback loop that continually accelerates
Each step of one makes them both more efficient and advancement occurs more and more rapidly
Self perpetuating and ever accelerating set of cycles
This process also begins to manufacture demands instead of meeting them
Mass consumerism
Human needs end up in the rear-view mirror
As things advance, humanity's ability to cope with these changes gets worse and eventually doesn't keep up.
Capitalism then melts down
Technocrats are proponents of accelerationism and are trying to push the gas to it.

Human structures are all destined to eventually fall apart.
Synchronization is required to keep things together, but accelerationism destroys syncronicity
This ultimately leads to dis-integration

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