Translator Taylor Adkins joins for a discussion on Lyotard, Baudrillard, Deleuze and Guattari, Don Delillo, and the failure of markets. They also explore the little economy and its relationship to language, movie ratings and preferences, time and capitalism, teaching 'Brave New World', 'Gilgamesh', and 'The Odyssey', and literary coding and influence.
The podcast explores the concept of the euphoria of simulation and how individuals necessary to the market system are bred within it.
The relationship between capitalism, time, and accelerationism is explored, highlighting how the future of uncontrolled markets overwhelms the present and is protested against.
The podcast delves into the tensions and potential derangement or change that encounters with the future can bring, critiquing the elusive nature of the future and the risks and consequences it may entail.
Deep dives
The Euphoria of Simulation and the Market Culture
The podcast episode explores the concept of the euphoria of simulation, where signs of guilt, despair, violence, and death replace guilt, anxiety, and even death in the total euphoria of simulation. The market culture is seen as total and it breeds individuals necessary to the system they despise. These individuals are market-driven, traded on the markets of the world, and give energy and definition to the system. The future, constantly driven by cyber-capital, is depicted as overwhelming the present, leading to protests against the future and a desire to hold it off.
Capitalism, Time, and Accelerationism
The podcast episode delves into the relationship between capitalism, time, and accelerationism. It highlights how capitalism has shifted the relationship between money and time, with money now making time and the present being sucked out of the world to make way for the future of uncontrolled markets. The future becomes insistent and its acceleration is protested against. The conversation emphasizes how the market culture is intrinsically tied to time and how visions of technology and wealth perpetuate the system, even as it leads to grave consequences.
Challenges and Tensions in Embracing the Future
The podcast episode raises questions about the encounter with the future and the tensions it brings. It explores how encounters with the future can leave individuals either deranged or changed, depending on how they engage with it. The idea of an overwhelming and elusive future is critiqued, as it never fully satisfies our visions of it and can potentially lead to a lack or unfulfilled desire. The tension between embracing the future and its potential enhancements versus the risks and consequences it may bring is a central theme.
Coding and indeterminacy in metaphysics
The podcast episode delves into the concept of coding and indeterminacy within metaphysics. The discussion touches upon the influence of DNA discovery and its implications for theoretical reflection. The idea of coding, particularly in DNA replication, is explored, highlighting the presence of surplus or free-floating elements that allow for variation. This indeterminacy fascinates the podcast hosts, who ponder its beauty and significance.
Noble Savage and Excesses of Desire
The episode also explores the concept of the noble savage and the attempt to retreat from the excesses of desire. Drawing on discussions on literature, including works such as Brave New World and The Odyssey, the hosts delve into the idea of extricating oneself from unrestrained desires. They discuss how different authors and philosophers, such as Leotard and Baudrillard, approach this notion, examining the paradoxes and critiques involved. The exploration of minimalism in literature, as well as the complexities of coding and deconstruction of hierarchies, further enrich the discussion on desire and society.
Taylor Adkins, translator of Felix Guattari's Machinic Unconscious, Francois Laruelle's Philosophy and Non-Philosophy, and Gilbert Simondon's Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information, joined me for an off the cuff discussion covering Lyotard, Baudrillard, Deleuze and Guattari and Don Delillo.
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