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Although the event is non-reproducible, irreplaceable, and radically singular, it says itself through the possibility of its re-making and repetition. The event is both radically singular and iterable. This tension constitutes the event by dividing it. That is, the possibility of repetition, of being repeated and re-made, forms the event by dividing it, by rendering it divided.
Derrida on the Event: Singular/Iterable
https://that-which.com/author/hai-ak/
Like most gunters, I voted to reelect Cory Doctorow and Wil Wheaton (again). There were no term limits, and those two geezers had been doing a kick-ass job of protecting user rights for over a decade.
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
The development of capitalism introduces a radical change in the relationship between state and capital. While it is true that they have always been in a relationship of mutual dependence, from the end of the 19th century, and especially from the beginning of the 20th, the relative autonomy of the state vis-à-vis the economy (Poulantzas) and of the economy vis-à-vis the diminishes, and the two realities start being integrated into a single two-headed machine.
Political Conditions for a New World Order
illwill.com
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