L/acc implies steering tech advancement towards socially progressive ends, r/acc was initially a reaction against that, supporting the acceleration of technocapital regardless of those social implications but it later developed in the direction of wanting to preserve....
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Replying to @ParadiseDelayed @authorpaulhunt
politically stable structures that were seen as a necessary basis for acceleration to occur and also preserving some forms of traditional social organisation. U/ACC was a reflection on anti-praxis, how acceleration is making political action ineffective or unworkable so doesn't..
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Replying to @ParadiseDelayed
the political structure as a foundation supporting technological development... but doesn't this limit potential of development? can only build so much on a given base, why not tech to remake political structure?
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Replying to @authorpaulhunt
I'm not exactly advocating or defending any of these positions here I should point out
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Replying to @ParadiseDelayed @authorpaulhunt
But I think the idea is that if acceleration leads to increasing chaos it will come off the rails into complete breakdown, yes what you're saying is consistent with r/acc, using tech to create new stable political structures.......
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Replying to @ParadiseDelayed
we just need enough acceleration no one thinks of it as "going off the rails"
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Replying to @authorpaulhunt
Kind of where u/acc comes in, acceleration isn't a process that can be controlled so you can't really have 'just the right amount' of it
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Wait you said 'no one thinks of it as going off the rails' that is a view that has featured in the debate though, sometimes referred to as z/acc, r/acc is willing to accept harsh social consequences, u/acc the extinction or at least remolding of the human species
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Replying to @ParadiseDelayed
so much acceleration humanity's cognition changes
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Yes well hope I helped answer your question.
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