I'm probably going to regret this but a conversation this morning brought to mind John Zerzan's piece on Star Trek from 1994, which I re-read just now. The paragraph on Data in ST:TNG is particularly apt for today's #Clanker nonsense:

"The android/computer Data, successor to Spock, is the central figure in an episode that illustrates perfectly the elevation of the machine. Data continually "experiences" disturbances that are initially thought to be a sort of electrical malfunctioning in "his" circuitry. Slowly the idea is introduced that "he" is actually having dreams. Much warm and fuzzy emotion envelopes this supposedly marvellous development, this triumph of consciousness. Never mind that the message is more hideous than uplifting. What we are seeing, by imputing human feelings to technology, is a celebration of the very framework that is debasing inner nature as it destroys outer nature. People behaving more and more like machines while machines become increasingly "human" is a horrible development not limited to Star Trek, but certainly applauded and thereby advanced by it."

Read the whole thing here (but leave your knives at the door if you decide to get riled up):

http://green-anarchy.wikidot.com/star-trek

#Anarchism #ScienceFiction #JohnZerzan #StarTrek #AI

Changing the clock twice a year is supremely oppressive and unnecessary. I hate spring forward more than fall back but I dislike both. Here's a piece by #JohnZerzan on time in (dis)honor of today's displacement.

#Time #Civilization

"Since civilization subjugated humanity we have had to live with the melancholy idea that our highest aspirations are perhaps impossible in a world of steadily mounting time. The more that pleasure and understanding are deferred, moved out of reach—and this is the essence of civilization—the more palpable is the dimension of time. Nostalgia for the past, fascination with the idea of time travel, and the heated quest for increased longevity are some of the symptoms of time sickness, and there seems to be no ready cure. “What does not elapse in time is the lapse of time itself,” as Merleau-Ponty (1945) realized."

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/john-zerzan-time-and-its-discontents

20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. 14/20

#20Books20Days #20Books #Bookstodon #JohnZerzan #RunningOnEmptiness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HtdpX5b_zM

duro de mirar, pero moi revelador e interesante.

#documental #decrecentismo #colapso #DerrickJensen #JohnZerzan

We live in an era with no real sense of community or connection to nature.

#JohnZerzan

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Die Konsumlust terrorisiert dich. Wir werden dahingehend terrorisiert, Konsumenten zu sein. Wir haben die Freiheit, zwischen Marke A, B oder C zu wählen. Das soll Freiheit sein. Ja, ich glaube es gibt zu viel Zeug. Immerzu zu arbeiten und zu konsumieren, das ist Wahnsinn. Dadurch wird einfach alles zerstört, und das muss aufhören. Ich sehe nur wenig, das es wert ist, bewahrt zu werden. Ich finde es nicht wertvoll oder gesund, ein System zu erhalten. All das zu bekommen, ist doch letztlich Nötigung. Die Leute werden gezwungen im Bergwerk oder am Fließband zu arbeiten. Denn ohne das hätten wir das ganze Zeug nicht. Wir hätten keine Objektwelt, nach der wir unser ganzes Leben lang streben müssten. Ich glaube nicht, dass sich jemnd ernsthaft daran klammert, aber die Trägheit schleppt es weiter. Das muss aufhören, das muss zerstört werden.

#JohnZerzan  

Source: Surplus: Terrorized into being Consumers, min 7:31, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_u0ZWCQthU&t=931s