Christian Swertz via nettime-l on Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:10:57 +0200 (CEST)


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Re: <nettime> Hippies, Digital Gods and imaginary futures


Hi Richard,

thank's for the hint to the interview. An interesting read. Really enjoyed it.

May I ask a question? Christine quotes you as saying that the idea of a free expression with digital media is "wilful blindness toward the other – much less positive – features of life on the West Coast: racism, poverty, and environmental degradation." Quite a contrast to what Christian Fuchs suggested at the end of his Critical Introduction to Social Media, were he reports activities like founding cooperative companies. Do you think this could me interpreted as an expression of an idea of a better future? Or is this just a hopeless relic of times when  people were still thinking in Europe?

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Liebe Grüße,

Christian Swertz
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