A political compass for weird theory Twitter:
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This is only mostly a shitpost. Y axis is tech-positive versus tech-negative (Which direction should history take?). X axis is humanist versus anti-humanist (to what extent can we shape our history?).
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Top-left is Promethean:
Muskite space-futurism;
Left accelerationism;
Global Leviathan;
Cyberpunk urbanism.
Top-right is Posthuman:
Assorted xeno-theorists;
Unconditional accelerationism;
Posthuman slime-hackers;
Lemurian time-warriors.5 replies 31 retweets 170 likesShow this thread -
Bottom-left is Restorative Politics:
Adornian pessimism;
Paleo-political nostalgia;
Heideggerian agrarianism;
Degrowth/Regrowth.
Bottom-right is Deep Ecology:
Salvagepunk post-capitalism;
Chthonic Ones;
Cabin in the woods;
Gaia’s revenge.16 replies 31 retweets 184 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @thewastedworld
if one would do a principal component analysis, what would be the 3rd most relevant dimension extracted? so that compass becomes a rubric cube...
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Hmm, perhaps the Z-axis would just be the old-fashioned Left-Right spectrum hiding from view. Or it could be Major and Minor politics (as in D&G) -- so although
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are adjacent here, one describes a reconstitution of existing identities, and the other a dissolution.
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