Meaning of accelerationist | Babel Free

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A proponent of accelerationism.

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“Accelerationists argue⟳ that technology, particularly computer technology, and capitalism, particularly the most aggressive, global variety, should be massively sped up and intensified – either because this is the best way forward⟳ for humanity, or because there is no alternative. […] Occasionally, accelerationists have⟳ held teaching posts at universities. […] “We all live⟳ in an operating system set⟳ up by the accelerating triad of war, capitalism and emergent AI,” says Steve Goodman, a British accelerationist who has even smuggled its self-consciously dramatic ideas into dance⟳ music, via an acclaimed record⟳ label⟳, Hyperdub.”

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