<nettime> [John Hopkins / Rob Myers: Re: The False Defences of Utopian Thought.]

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From: John Hopkins <jhopkins@neoscenes.net>
Reply-To: jhopkins@neoscenes.net
Subject: Re: <nettime> The False Defences of Utopian Thought.
Organization: neoscenes
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:49:35 -0600
CC: nettime-l@kein.org

On 11/3/11 01:15, Morlock Elloi wrote:

>The future belongs to those who can imagine it.

the future belongs to those who are aware when it is happening, now and 
then...

jh

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----- Forwarded message from Rob Myers <rob@robmyers.org> -----

From: Rob Myers <rob@robmyers.org>
Subject: Re: <nettime> The False Defences of Utopian Thought.
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:20:40 +0000
To: nettime-l@mail.kein.org

On 03/11/11 07:15, Morlock Elloi wrote:
> 
> I'm referring to the fact that deferring decisions to quantum throw of
> dice (evolution) or to a deity makes no difference. What is going on
> appears to be massive setting of the scene for Something to happen.
> Like a pagan ritual. Or cargo cult in the best case - we have all the
> elements of revolution, WTF is it?

In what way is revolutionarianism different from hipsterism?

- Rob.

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