A Thousand Machines

Author : Gerald Raunig
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781584350859

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A Thousand Machines by Gerald Raunig Pdf

The machine as a social movement of today's “precariat”—those whose labor and lives are precarious. In this “concise philosophy of the machine,” Gerald Raunig provides a historical and critical backdrop to a concept proposed forty years ago by the French philosophers Félix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze: the machine, not as a technical device and apparatus, but as a social composition and concatenation. This conception of the machine as an arrangement of technical, bodily, intellectual, and social components subverts the opposition between man and machine, organism and mechanism, individual and community. Drawing from an unusual range of films, literature, and performance—from the role of bicycles in Flann O'Brien's fiction to Vittorio de Sica's Neorealist film The Bicycle Thieves, and from Karl Marx's “Fragment on Machines” to the deus ex machina of Greek drama—Raunig arrives at an enhanced conception of the machine as a social movement, finding its most apt and concrete manifestation in the Euromayday movement, which since 2001 has become a transnational activist and discursive practice focused upon the precarious nature of labor and lives.

Author : Gilles Deleuze,Félix Guattari
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0826476945

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EPZ Thousand Plateaus by Gilles Deleuze,Félix Guattari Pdf

‘A rare and remarkable book.' Times Literary Supplement Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII. He is a key figure in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Félix Guattari (1930-1992) was a psychoanalyst at the la Borde Clinic, as well as being a major social theorist and radical activist. A Thousand Plateaus is part of Deleuze and Guattari's landmark philosophical project, Capitalism and Schizophrenia - a project that still sets the terms of contemporary philosophical debate. A Thousand Plateaus provides a compelling analysis of social phenomena and offers fresh alternatives for thinking about philosophy and culture. Its radical perspective provides a toolbox for ‘nomadic thought' and has had a galvanizing influence on today's anti-capitalist movement. Translated by Brian Massumi>

Author : Manuel De Landa
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780942299922

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A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History by Manuel De Landa Pdf

Following in the wake of his groundbreaking work War in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Manuel De Landa presents a brilliant, radical synthesis of historical development of the last thousand years. A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History sketches the outlines of a renewed materialist philosophy of history in the tradition of Fernand Braudel, Gilles Deleuze, and Félix Guattari, while engaging — in an entirely unprecedented manner — the critical new understanding of material processes derived from the sciences of dynamics. Working against prevailing attitudes that see history merely as the arena of texts, discourses, ideologies, and metaphors, De Landa traces the concrete movements and interplays of matter and energy through human populations in the last millennium. The result is an entirely novel approach to the study of human societies and their always mobile, semi-stable forms, cities, economies, technologies, and languages. De Landa attacks three domains that have given shape to human societies: economics, biology, and linguistics. In each case, De Landa discloses the self-directed processes of matter and energy interacting with the whim and will of human history itself to form a panoramic vision of the West free of rigid teleology and naive notions of progress and, even more important, free of any deterministic source for its urban, institutional, and technological forms. The source of all concrete forms in the West’s history, rather, is shown to derive from internal morphogenetic capabilities that lie within the flow of matter—energy itself. A Swerve Edition.

Author : Jeff Hawkins
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781541675803

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A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins Pdf

A bestselling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI. For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence? Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses maplike structures to build a model of the world—not just one model, but hundreds of thousands of models of everything we know. This discovery allows Hawkins to answer important questions about how we perceive the world, why we have a sense of self, and the origin of high-level thought. A Thousand Brains heralds a revolution in the understanding of intelligence. It is a big-think book, in every sense of the word. One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2021 One of Bill Gates' Five Favorite Books of 2021

Author : E.M. Forster
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2200000109293

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The Machine Stops. Illustrated by E.M. Forster Pdf

"The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster, now presented in a beautifully illustrated edition, is a visionary and thought-provoking novella that explores the perils of technological dependency and the potential consequences of a society overly reliant on machines. Set in a future where humanity lives underground, isolated in individual cells, their every need attended to by an all-encompassing Machine, the story follows Vashti, a lecturer and true believer in the Machine's omnipotence. However, as the Machine begins to show signs of malfunction, Vashti's worldview is challenged, leading to a series of events that question the very foundations of her society. "The Machine Stops" remains a compelling exploration of the dangers of sacrificing human connections for the convenience of technology. This illustrated edition provides a fresh perspective on Forster's timeless work, making it an engaging and visually captivating experience for both new and returning readers.

Author : Jack Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : B films
ISBN : 1900486237

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Land of a Thousand Balconies by Jack Stevenson Pdf

Most books about B-movies are straight-forward genre guides, biographies or encyclopaedias. Not this one. In addition to chapters on film showmen, gimmicks and cult films, Land of a Thousand Balconies documents those incidents and unusual film happenings which author Jack Stevenson has -- over the past fifteen years -- been privy to in his various capacities as show organiser, tour arranger, festival jury member and projectionist-for-hire. Land of a Thousand Balconies also focuses on movie theatres and renegade exhibition spaces, lamenting on the disappearing 'sense of place' that is such an integral part of the movie-going experience. Here the reader is invited to tour a diversity of venues -- from the notorious old grindhouses of San Francisco, the home-made store-front cinemas of Seattle and NY, through to the underground film clubs of Europe. Book jacket.

Author : Ray Kurzweil
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781101077887

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The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil Pdf

Ray Kurzweil is the inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era, an international authority on artificial intelligence, and one of our greatest living visionaries. Now he offers a framework for envisioning the twenty-first century--an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live. Kurzweil's prophetic blueprint for the future takes us through the advances that inexorably result in computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain by the year 2020 (with human-level capabilities not far behind); in relationships with automated personalities who will be our teachers, companions, and lovers; and in information fed straight into our brains along direct neural pathways. Optimistic and challenging, thought-provoking and engaging, The Age of Spiritual Machines is the ultimate guide on our road into the next century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057002595623

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Chemical news and Journal of physical science by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ohio State Horticultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Horticulture
ISBN : UCAL:B2951069

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Proceedings of the Ohio State Horticultural Society by Ohio State Horticultural Society Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : UCAL:$C193343

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The Chemical News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paulo de Assis,Paolo Giudici
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9789462702547

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Machinic Assemblages of Desire by Paulo de Assis,Paolo Giudici Pdf

The concept of assemblage has emerged in recent decades as a central tool for describing, analysing, and transforming dynamic systems in a variety of disciplines. Coined by Deleuze and Guattari in relation to different fields of knowledge, human practices, and nonhuman arrangements, “assemblage” is variously applied today in the arts, philosophy, and human and social sciences, forming links not only between disciplines but also between critical thought and artistic practice. Machinic Assemblages focuses on the concept’s uses, transpositions, and appropriations in the arts, bringing together the voices of artists and philosophers that have been working on and with this topic for many years with those of emerging scholar-practitioners. The volume embraces exciting new and reconceived artistic practices that discuss and challenge existing assemblages, propose new practices within given assemblages, and seek to invent totally unprecedented assemblages.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CUB:P203201506004

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All the Year Round by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arthur Jerome Eddy
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547238126

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Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile by Arthur Jerome Eddy Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile" (Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur") by Arthur Jerome Eddy. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Edward Spon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Engineering
ISBN : HARVARD:32044103132460

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Supplement to Spons ̓dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Arts, Useful
ISBN : DMM:057002515525

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Journal of the Franklin Institute by Anonim Pdf