Liquid Tech Mysticism

Liebe Futuristen, falls hier gerade jemand beschließt, den Freitag oder das Wochenende lieber zu Hause zu verbringen und nicht auf den Omikron-Weihnachtsmärkten: I got you.

Hier kommen die Links, eine halbe Tonne, das merkwürdige Jahr ist schließlich noch nicht rum. Auch im Januar ist nicht alles gut oder schlecht, und wir brauchen eine neue Form, um über die Zukunft nachzudenken, jenseits von Schwarzweiß. »Protopia« könnte so eine Form sein. Was es damit auf sich hat – in den Links.

Heidi Reichinnek von der Linkspartei hat mit der Ästhetik von Spotify einen politischen Jahresückblick (Opens in a new window) gepostet.

How Joe Rogan Became a Cheerleader for Ivermectin (Opens in a new window): The popular podcast host who loves to »just ask questions« can’t stop talking about his favorite anti-parasitic drug.
🎧 How An Excel TikToker Manifested Her Way To Making Six Figures A Day (Opens in a new window): Taking an unconventional route to a conventional business.
Social live audio isn't actually social (Opens in a new window): We should consider what might make actually »live social audio« work.
Unfortunately, MrBeast’s Squid Game Simulation is Perfect YouTube Content (Opens in a new window): »YouTube is a platform to distract from a real issue by presenting a simulation inside a scalable, algorithmically amplified, expression machine which gives us all the feelings of being real, but derails all the other versions.«

Journalismus

»Investigativ-Journalismus ist sehr männlich geprägt« (Opens in a new window), sagt Isabell Beer im Interview.
Deutschlandfunk Nova (Opens in a new window) killt Twitter, setzt auf Instagram.
Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists (Opens in a new window): Under the banner of diversity, racialized people are told to bring ourselves and our perspectives. But, if we bring too much of them, we get held back.

Crypto

Web3 is not Decentralisation (Opens in a new window) — it’s a Ploy to put Crypto Bros in Charge.
Largest crypto-heists of 2021 (Opens in a new window): Warum eine Bank überfallen, wenn man ein Crypto-Start-up hacken und etliche Millionen einsacken kann?
DeFi protocol BadgerDAO exploited for $120 million in front-end attack (Opens in a new window): »The idea is that you bridge your bitcoin over onto a smart contract platform like Ethereum, as wrapped bitcoin, which you can then use within DeFi applications.«
A few folks at the center of the market (Opens in a new window): A lot of NFT trades are wash sales intended to artificially boost prices.
How could you live so large and leave so little for the rest of us? (Opens in a new window) Die Art Basel umarmt NFT-Kunst.
How to PROTECC your NFT and crypto assets. (Opens in a new window)

Reading

Kleines Hochkant-Kunstwerk: 📺 The future Zuckerberg wants (Opens in a new window)

What Will Art Look Like in the Metaverse? (Opens in a new window) Mark Zuckerberg wants us thinking about visual art when we contemplate his company’s new venture. Artists should take the suggestion seriously.
This is the Liquid City, where physical and virtual collide (Opens in a new window): After decades staring at our TVs, computers and phones, our attention is slowly being refocused on the objects and environments around us. Media is escaping from our screens, and our world is becoming interlaced with a new dimension.
There Is No Digital World (Opens in a new window): Everything digital costs something physical. It’s time for a digital conservation movement.
A shadow war in space is heating up fast (Opens in a new window): »China and Russia are regularly attacking U.S. satellites with non-kinetic means, including lasers, radio frequency jammers and cyber attacks.«
How Dangerous Is Peter Thiel? (Opens in a new window) In a recent speech, the tech billionaire gave us a frightening look at his worldview.
Where Tech Meets Mysticism (Opens in a new window): The internet allows us to discover, select and combine the spiritual traditions that suit us best. In a new exhibition, artists are exploring the connections between ancient beliefs and futuristic systems.
Aggromobile (Opens in a new window): Die sich breitmachende Ästhetik sei nur als »Manspreading« zu verstehen, ein Ausdruck für männliches Sich-Breitmachen zulasten anderer.
Protopia Futures (Opens in a new window): »Both Science Fiction and corporate foresight visions directly influence reality, and their predominantly dystopian/utopian stereotypes more often than not limit our understanding of the possibility space of tomorrow’s choices.«
Africa's Rising Cities (Opens in a new window): How Africa will become the center of the world’s urban future.