Define: algorithm

At first glance, an algorithm is a step-by-step procedure for calculations, and as such a wonderfully boring predictable thing. As Continue reading →

Critique

How are we to intervene in contemporary constellations of capitalism and climate change? The role of critical theory today is Continue reading →

The swing to the right – is it social media’s fault?

These days, one can meet sentences at dinner parties which before carefully shielded themselves from view. In the West, a Continue reading →

New Art, New Audiences

Digital media is confusing contemporary art in many interesting ways from its aesthetics to its audiences and its institutional setting. While there Continue reading →

Can PDFs make you powerful?

meson.press, the open access project which we just founded, has a new book out exploring my favourite subject: algorithms and Continue reading →

Governments & technology – a productive relationship?!

As technology becomes a force shaping our societies, what is the role of a government here? As Dan Schiller, John Continue reading →

On creativity in neoliberal times

Watching a Werner Herzog Film on Kickstarter: On neoliberal creativity, the logic of business, and the regime of art. [A Continue reading →

Looking after my book

“The Silent Revolution: How Digitalization Transforms Knowledge, Work, Journalism and Politics without Making Too Much Noise” (Palgrave 2014) is out, Continue reading →