The following article was published on February 9th, in the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, under the title Mehr Diktatur wagen (dare more dictatorship). It is signed by Thomas Brussig, a …
Information warfare strategy and its assets: intellectuals, journalists, experts
We owe Alex Carey the following accurate observation. We tend to think that the most totalitarian regimes are those that make the most systematic use of propaganda and psychological warfare …
The monopoly of truth
It is common in the so-called “scientific circles” that when an opinion has influence over the majority (an influence that is never spontaneous but always constructed within the ‘scientific institutions’) …
The orchestra of “truth”
The control of the media and, consequently, the manipulation by the media is not a new trick. If we still need to prove that “the news” are used as reality shapers, then we are many steps behind anything competitive. However, during the “pandemic crisis” it seemed that this was not a given.
Fiction
This is how Blade Runner begins, the legendary film by Ridley Scott, shot in 1982. L.A. is a fragmented city with a “top” and a “bottom” world, and a key security issue is the seizure of “invaders” – biotechnological humanoids that “work” on other planets.
do electric whales dream of death?
The “blue whale”, if we believe the etymology of the moral panic it caused, was an online challenge game for teenagers, in which the goal for the “players” was to …
selfie: capitalism kills!
In 2014 it was the beginning. Only 15… In 2015 it went better: 50. In 2016 it became clear that there is a steady upward trend: 97. In 2017 there …
Terminator and Blade Runner: building cyborgs and humans
Making Cyborgs, Making Humans – Of terminators and blade runners by Forest Pyle is a chapter from the book The Cybercultures Reader (2000, Routledge editions), and we have included its …
Instructions for aspiring cyber athletes
We translate as an example some sections of a post from the League of Legends subreddit “summoner school” titled “How to actually improve at League of Legends (not just tips).” …
gamers, streamers, cyberathletes (on Shylenz!)
The words of the title describe some of the most active identities in the cyber universe! They come from all parts of the planet (as long as there is internet) …
The Matrix: digital messiahs and the metaphysics of the bioinformatics paradigm
Morpheus: Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life, …
electronic departure and virtual worlds
Is any of this true? I mean, look at this. Look at this! A world built from imagination.Synthetic emotions in pill form. Psychological warfare operations in the form of advertising. …
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