seeking a vibe (for the end of the world)

live doc and sillabus for in-progress video essay

by owl · updated 3mo ago

As awful as these events have been, I am no longer struck by their horror. They all seem to be the near-inevitable, direct effects of how we are running our political economies. I am more struck by our slow ability to react.
from End the Horror, Let the Crisis Change You by Spencer R. Scott
owl added 3mo ago
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” The critic and novelist Namwali Serpell told me that the quotation appeals to her in this moment, even though Žižek’s translation is slightly unfaithful to the original. The phrase “now is the time of monsters,” Serpell said, “allows us to think about the... See more
from The Terrible Twenties? The Assholocene? What to Call Our Chaotic Era by Kyle Chayka
owl added 4mo ago
Now the 1990s seem like a period when the world was starting to go crazy, but not so crazy that it was unmanageable or irreparable. It was the end of the twentieth century, but also the end to an age when we controlled technology more than technology controlled us. People played by the old rules, despite a growing recognition that t
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from The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman
owl added 4mo ago
It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism

This quote isn’t that funny anymore once you realize that it is our reality. Economism has pervaded not only politics (economic growth goal) or our private lives (e.g. self-optimization) but also future thinking: Everything has to have a business case now! Visions of a dystopian... See more
from Unframing the Future by Thomas Klaffke
owl added 4mo ago
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from End the Horror, Let the Crisis Change You by Spencer R. Scott

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from The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman

from Unframing the Future by Thomas Klaffke