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a blog by Paul Graham Raven

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the line of the arch that they form

Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone. “But which is the stone that supports the bridge?” Kublai Khan asks. “The bridge is not supported by one stone or another,” Marco answers, “but by the line of the arch that they form.” Kublai Khan remains silent, reflecting. Then he adds: “Why do you speak to
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Philosophy 🙜 Sociology

18 Sep 2019
Dog days on the washlands

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General

14 Sep 2019
Spode

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General

7 Sep 2019
Middleport

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General

7 Sep 2019
Them’s the brakes: against accelerationisms

Andrew Culp interview at Society & Space: Accelerationism is an attempt to rethink deterritorialization outside of the schizoanalytic model of Anti-Oedipus. Deleuze and Guattari are less used than abused in the early accelerationism proposed in Nick Land’s “Machinic Desire” which fundamentally relies on the opposition between humans and machines—a distinction that is nonsensical within Deleuze
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Philosophy 🙜 Sociology

7 Sep 2019

Who is Paul Graham Raven?

“… who, with raving lips uttering things mirthless, unbedizened, and unperfumed, reaches over a thousand years with [his] voice, thanks to the god in [him].”

Paul is consulting writer, researcher, theorist and foresight practitioner, as well as an author and critic of science fiction literature. More details can be found on the About page of this blog.