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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Digital technology may be harnessed by forces on the political right, but there is nothing inherently right-wing about digital technologies, right? Right?!?!?

Wrong.

At least, that is the response given by David Golumbia in his vital and provocative book Cyberlibertairnism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology. It is a book in which Golumbia argues that the core politics coded into digital technologies are overwhelmingly right-wing, and in which he further argues that—knowingly or not—by defending and idealizing digital technologies many left-leaning groups and individuals have wound up disseminating and entrenching the very right-wing politics they oppose. In Golumbia’s estimation, and argumentation, the issue is not only that the way we talk about digital technologies tends to advance right-wing politics, but that these technologies themselves continually advance right-wing politics, with this advancement often occurring under a veneer of appeals to freedom and liberation.

In contrast to the numerous works by left-wing, and left-leaning, academics and activists arguing that the liberatory potential of digital technologies has been warped by right-wing billionaires and by business interests, Golumbia’s Cyberlitertarianism argues that the problem is not only with the billionaires or the business interests but with the technology itself. At the core of Cyberlibertianism is the argument that not only is digital technology not neutral, but that by this point we are fooling ourselves by refusing to admit what its politics actually are."

librarianshipwreck.wordpress.c

LibrarianShipwreck · Digital Technology Will Not Set You Free – A Review of David Golumbia’s “Cyberlibertarianism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology”“This is how cyberlibertarianism works: it is not so much about party politics as it is about controlling the terms of discourse and the conversation itself. This ensures that only variations…
#Cyberlibertarianism#Neoluddism#DigitalTechnology
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Interserv

Having a strong online presence nowadays is important for business. However between 2018 to late 2022, Interserv didn’t have a website. Read on for our key lesson learned – the importance of an agile approach to project delivery.

#socialmedia #branding #digitaltechnology #lessonslearned

interserv.com.au/blog/our-fail

www.interserv.com.auOur Failure and a Key Lesson | InterservInterserv, in its current form, came into existence on 29 October 2018. As of September 2022, there was still no real website.
earthling

#Cyberlibertarianism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology by David Golumbia, 2024

An urgent reckoning with digital technology’s fundamentally right-wing legal and economic underpinnings In a timely challenge to the potent political role of digital technology, Cyberlibertarianism argues that right-wing ideology was built into both the technical and social construction of the digital world from the start.

@bookstodon
#books
#DigitalTechnology
#RightWing
#libertarianism
#internet

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Harald Klinke

CFP: From the Turing Machine to ChatGPT
Explore the intersection of art and science in the digital age. Submit your papers on topics like digital literature, AI, virtual reality, and more.
Deadline: 15 September 2024
#DigitalTechnology #AI #DigitalArt #Humanities #CallForPapers #ChatGPT #TuringMachine
pulse-journal.org/open-call

PULSEPulse: the Journal of Science and CulturePulse: the Journal of Science and Culture is an academic journal targetted at early career researchers.
Lyla Mehta

"AI’s craving for data is matched only by a runaway thirst for water and energy

The computing power for AI models requires immense – and increasing – amounts of natural resources. Legislation is required to prevent environmental crisis

One of the most pernicious myths about digital technology is that it is somehow weightless or immaterial"

#AI #Cloud #Data #DigitalTechnology

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · AI’s craving for data is matched only by a runaway thirst for water and energyBy John Naughton
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