For my parents generation, people born during the 1930s, mass consumption of music and other arts became the norm.

Instead of playing music being social being something that unites us, the consumption of music and art became an identity marker, a signal of status, of wealth.

And since the stories about music and the arts are written for mass consumption, they only focus on famous people, their hubris, betrayals, and their tragedies.

From cradle to grave, we have been trained as commodified people, taught the pseudo-science of Social Darwinism as self-evident human nature.

The isolation of relentless competition for status and wealth now defines many relationships, and so define arts.

For thousands of years most art was folk art, that was its purpose, its function; it was already naturally “democratized”.

#Technocapitalism and the Bad Future of Music | Adam Neely
#History #Ethics #Culture #Community #Craft #Music #Arts #Science #Humanities #Ai #Fascism #BrOligarchy #Capitalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dcFhF0Dlk

Wow, I just saw the latest Adam Neely Video (the nebula version) and wow that guy is based. Playing in an amateur punk rock band to your local folks just became way more revolutionary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dcFhF0Dlk

#music #ai #livemusic #technocapitalism

Quand même dans le secteur de la solidarité et de la coopération internationale, l'IA est utilisée massivement et que c'est un peu tabou d'en parler, tu sais qu'on est dans la grosse merde... 🙄

#ia #ai #technofacism #technocapitalism

🌐 💻 📱 « Internet est-il (encore) un réseau de confiance ? »

C’est la grande question qui rassemble les intervenants du séminaire du Centre Internet et Société (CNRS) pour cette saison 2025-2026. Ce rendez-vous est ouvert au grand public en présentiel (site Pouchet) et en visioconférence.

Le 4 novembre dernier, Fred Turner (Stanford University) développait ses récents travaux sur le secteur des nouvelles technologies « De l’idéologie californienne à l’idéologie texane ».

Pour la prochaine séance, Aube Richebourg (CSI/Mines, PSL) nous présentera ses travaux sur le militantisme numérique : « Comment les infrastructures techniques militantes de l’internet peuvent-elles perdurer ? La marginalité comme bénédiction cachée à l’épreuve du technocapitalisme ».

Afin d’y participer, rendez-vous :
🗓️ Jeudi 11 décembre 2025, de 11h à 12h30 (heure locale)
📍 CNRS Site Pouchet, 59-61 rue Pouchet, Paris 17e – Salle 255 + Zoom

Retrouvez par ici le programme complet du séminaire et le formulaire d'inscription : https://cis.cnrs.fr/seminaire-cis/

Et découvrez un entretien entre Olivier Alexandre et Fred Turner sur la fascisation de la Silicon Valley : https://conference.sciencespo.fr/content/2025-11-17/la-silicon-valley-est-elle-devenue-fasciste_MP4XZkEZOF89Zg8Db9qR

@cnrs @cnrsshs @shs @mate_shs_cnrs @otago @stanford @psl_univ @sante_isns @iscpif @fturner @manonberriche @davidchavalarias @sociology @cis_cnrs @olivier_sf

#sociology #internet #tech #numerique #capitalism #technocapitalism #gouvernance

Check out the programme for our Joint International Workshop with the University of Bologna: this year, the subject is "Infrastructures of Rent Extraction".

It will take place in Bologna on 27 November.

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/global-infrastructures-2025/

#Histodons #Capitalism #TechnoCapitalism #Technology #GlobalInfraestructures #Infraestructures #Extractivism #GlobalEconomy #TransnationalCorporations #BigTech #LabourHistory #RentierCapitalism #TechnoFeudalism #RentExtraction #Bologna

🗣 We've opened the call for papers for this year's edition of our Joint International Workshop with the University of Bologna, under the subject "Infrastructures of Rent Extraction".

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/global-infrastructures-2025/

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#Histodons #Capitalism #TechnoCapitalism #Technology #GlobalInfraestructures #Infraestructures #Extractivism #GlobalEconomy #TransnationalCorporations #BigTech #LabourHistory #RentierCapitalism #TechnoFeudalism #RentExtraction

We are organizing a third Salon with Linda Dounia Rebeiz to talk about her work and vision of #AI, #Art and #Technocapitalism

🗓️ Dec 4, 5pm CEST
📻 Online, info and registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/regaining-power-over-ai-dialogue-with-linda-dounia-rebeiz-tickets-1091163713039?aff=oddtdtcreator
👥 w/ Gonzalo Ramos, Jenny Williams, Kate Crawford, Vera Liao