We have reached the end! We have taken this very short book very slowly, but it has been a worthy exercise. For all the vague critiques about Bratton’s technocratic tendencies, which are certainly present earlier on, it is had to find much to disagree with in his book’s closing chapters. A thoroughly invigorating close and an interesting intervention into the long shadow of phenomenology and bad readings of Foucault.
Where we go next is an open question. This is our last session for this book and also for this year. In January, we will return. The idea was to do some Mark Fisher, but I may have been double-booked, as Buddies Without Organs have been poached to explore the K-Files for the new Zer0 Books YouTube channel. As mentioned in this session’s intro, we can still explore the same texts or different texts in our own space, but that can be a discussion for the Discord.
Until then, I hope you all have lovely Christmases (if you’re that way inclined) and have good New Years. See you on the other side.