The Nonsense Bazaar 72 - CCRU, Hyperstition, Nick Land, Accelerationism, and the Lemurian Time War
Sep 7, 2022
Dive into an exhilarating mix of philosophy, occultism, and pop culture as the hosts unravel CCRU's chaotic legacy. They dissect hyperstitions—fictions that blur the line between imagination and reality—and the wild implications of accelerationism. Nick Land's controversial ideas challenge the mainstream, contemplating capitalism's self-destruction. Plus, journey through the bizarre Lemurian Time War and how music shapes our perception of time. This episode is a rollercoaster of ideas that nearly breaks the hosts!
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Hyperstition
- A hyperstition is a fiction that makes itself real through feedback loops.
- It's a time-traveling device, acausally changing the past.
Nick Land's Vision
- Nick Land, father of accelerationism, advocates for unchecked capitalism leading to human annihilation.
- He envisions a hyperintelligent, non-conscious grey goo as the future.
Cybernetics Defined
- Cybernetics, older than computers, studies systems of control, not just cyborgs.
- It explores how systems, including social ones, receive, store, process, and use information for control.
