Ghosts in the Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, & Capitalism

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O22: Organizing Against Police Brutality w/ Families Demanding Justice

October 22 is the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality (O22), a day of coordinated action across the country demanding justice for those killed and brutalized by police and an end to the epidemic of police violence in the United States. In this episode, Breht is joine ...  Show more

An Inhuman Future: Nick Land, Techno-Accelerationism, and the Dark Enlightenment

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