I'm going to tweet about accelerationism because I don't feel like working...
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Replying to @LokiJulianus
basically: question to ask is "what is accelerating?"
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traditionally, accels have conflated capital accumulation with technological improvement, so they think they're working along the same logic
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in reality, technology is kind of its own sphere: it destroys capital (or transfers it unwillingly) just as often as it creates it.
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and how technology is implemented is a political question, as well: industries can just be declared illegal or unethical.
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technological sophistication is increasing, but it zig-zags thru capitalism.
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identifying the telos of capital as increasing techno-sophistication is a category mistake!
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Okay, but why a *category* mistake? Technology is how capital manifests.
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