Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella

Austin Robey, co-founder of Metalabel, joins me to discuss alternative models for the internet. We explore “Ampled”, a cooperative platform for musicians that existed from 2018-2023 and theorize about the next generation of platforms.Follow:https://twitter.com/austinrobey_https://www.instagram.com/michaelcoors/https://twitter.com/metalabel_https://www.instagram.com/metalabel__/Read:https://austinrobey.xyz/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

Get the game: https://joshuacitarella.metalabel.com/class-fantasyClass Fantasy is an action RPG card game that pairs fantasy character classes with political ideologies. Your goal is to defeat other players in battle and achieve utopia.Inspired by games like Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering and World of Warcraft, Class Fantasy explores the essential role playing and world building process that links the game space and the real world.Finally, a game that unites the whole political spectrum (and family) by forcing them into irreconcilable conflict. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

Get the books:Vincent Bevins: If We Burn, 2023Naomi Klein: Doppleganger, 2023Links:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/05/leftwing-vulkan-group-claim-responsibility-tesla-factory-pylon-arson-attack-berlinhttps://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/the-anarcho-liberal/https://www.youtube.com/live/cI7iyo2wv18?si=ilEl4ylOge0bJ8kf This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

Simon Denny's Metaverse Landscapes unpack historical resonances between territory, abstraction and financialization.Links:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/arts/design/simon-denny-art-computers-gaming-review-musk-grimes.htmlhttps://www.instagram.com/sden023/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/juliaxgulia/https://www.instagram.com/joshuacitarella/https://www.instagram.com/dunkunsthalle/https://www.instagram.com/petzelgallery/https://www.instagram.com/sorry_press/https://www.sorry-press.com/landscapeshttps://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/simon-denny5https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/multi-user-dungeon-mud This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

Artist Paige K.B. calls into the stream to discuss three major exhibitions: “Cute” at Somerset House in London, “Poetics of Encryption” at KW Institute of Contemporary Art in Berlin, and Simon Denny’s shows in New York.Follow:https://www.instagram.com/guiltgroupe/Exhibitions:https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/cutehttps://poeticsofencryption.kw-berlin.de/src/html/Exibition.htmlhttps://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/simon-denny5https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/multi-user-dungeon-mud This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

@dnlklr joins me to discuss the For-You-Pagification of the internet, hyper polarization online, network states, AI vs. climate and building new institutions.https://twitter.com/DnlKlrhttps://www.instagram.com/dnlklr https://twitter.com/__vaporware__ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

Amber A’Lee Frost, a writer and former Chapo Trap House co-host, dives deep into her new book, Dirtbag. She shares insights on life after quitting social media and how it enhanced her focus. Amber discusses the economic hardships of creative precarity and the necessity of political organizing. She critiques the decline of curated culture due to algorithms and the commodification of art by elite collectors. With a focus on building public cultural provisions, she advocates for a socialism that makes life functional and supports unionized trade work for better opportunities.

Philosopher of technology, Benjamin Bratton, joins me to discuss AI and planetary scale computation. Read his work and learn more about Antikythera in the links below:twitter.com/brattonantikythera.org/mitpress.mit.edu/9780262029575/the-stack/www.versobooks.com/products/2749-t…nge-of-the-realTrust: Inhumanism Rising - Benjamin Brattonmitpress.mit.edu/9781913029999/ma…on-is-not-final/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

Philosopher of technology, Benjamin Bratton, joins me to discuss AI, terraforming, geopolitics and planetary scale computation. Read his work and learn more about Antikythera in the links below:https://twitter.com/brattonhttps://antikythera.org/https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262029575/the-stack/https://www.versobooks.com/products/2749-the-revenge-of-the-realInhumanism Rising - Benjamin Brattonhttps://mitpress.mit.edu/9781913029999/machine-decision-is-not-final/https://autocatallaxy.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to StateBook. A public option for social media.Read the full essay: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joshuacitarella.substack.com/subscribe