Future Histories International

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• Jaya Klara Brekke on the Political in Blockchain 13.07.2019

  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 30.11.2019 58min

  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 02.05.2020

  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 Seibel (Director of the Ideation & Prototyping Lab at the Technologiestiftung Berlin and author of “Cybernetic Government”) - and Martin Köppelmann (Co-founder and CEO of Gnosis) Description:
• Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1) 27.06.2020 1h 20min

  Part 1 of the in depth interview with Daniel E Saros.
• Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2) 11.07.2020 1h 14min

  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 and the Transition to Socialism" which we discuss at length over the course of two episodes.
• Jeffrey Sachs on Economics Beyond GDP 22.08.2020 44min

  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 29.11.2020 57min

  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) 27.12.2020 1h

  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) 10.01.2021 53min

  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 10.07.2021 1h 25min

  Jasper Bernes presents a sharp critique of centralized planning and proposes what he calls: Planarchy.
• Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planning 26.12.2021 1h 52min

  A world without scarcity is possible for everybody! Aaron Benanav shares his idea of how we could achieve this associational utopia, today.
• James Muldoon on Platform Socialism 09.01.2022 1h 40min

  Platforms are ubiquitous. However, they arguably can only realise their full potential when they are no longer subjected to the imperatives of the profit motive. For this we need: Platform Socialism.
• Lea Ypi on Freedom 20.03.2022 53min

  Lea Ypi reflects on her childhood and youth in socialist Albania and the country's subsequent transition to liberal democracy and a free market economy. What's clear: None of the political economies Ypi experienced satisfied her need for and concept of freedom.
• Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese on Half Earth Socialism 16.04.2022 1h 14min

  With "Half Earth Socialism" Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese want to provide a plan to save the earth and bring the good life to all.
• David Laibman on Multilevel Democratic Iterative Coordination 30.04.2022

  What could a democratic planned economy actually look like? David Laibman has been on the forefront of thinking about this issue for more than 30 years.
• Trebor Scholz on Platform Cooperativism 14.05.2022

  Over the last decade platform-cooperativism has grown from an idea into a movement. How far can it take us? 
• Robin Hahnel on Parecon (Part1) 28.05.2022

  Participatory Economics (Parecon) – developed by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel – is one of the most popular models for democratic economic planning. English-only Future Histories Website & RSS-Feed: https://futurehistories-international.com https://futurehistories-international.com/feed.xml
• Robin Hahnel on Parecon (Part 2) 11.06.2022

  Participatory Economics (Parecon) – developed by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel – is one of the most comprehensive models for democratic economic planning.
• Nick Dyer-Witheford on Biocommunism 20.08.2022

  Nick Dyer-Witheford on biocommunism, "a communism emerging from the catastrophes capital now inflicts throughout the bios, the realm of life itself".
• Thomas Swann on Anarchist Cybernetics 15.10.2022

  Thomas Swann brings together the rich tradition of anarchist self-organization with Stafford Beers Viable System Model.