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  1. Sehr feine Wahl: In der Rubrik *Archivist's Choice* der Österreichischen Mediathek, für die Mitarbeitende monatlich ihre Favoriten auswählen, gibt es im Oktober eine Auswahl von Lesungen Helmut Qualtingers aus Karl Kraus' *Die letzten Tage der Menschheit*

    mediathek.at/the-archivists-ch

    #mediathek #KarlKraus #Wien #Quasi #Qualtinger #Lesung #Audio #Auswahl #Archiv #Österreich #DieLetztenTageDerMenschheit #Empfehlung

  2. Riot Fest 2023: We’re All Alright

    Don't know about you, but I'm feeling 52. I was a little nervous about attending a three-day music fest this year. Would I have the stamina? Could my feet survive standing up all day long all weekend? Would I still have fu...

    Read more: gloriousnoise.com/2023/riot-fe

    #Breeders #DeathCabforCutie #DeathGrips #fests #GeorgeClinton #InsaneClownPosse #KimGordon #PostalService #Quasi #RiotFest #ScreamingFemales #TheCure #ViagraBoys #music #blog

  3. By understanding the social milieu in which #longtermism has developed over the past two decades, one can begin to see how longtermists have ended up with the bizarre, fanatical #worldview they are now #evangelizing to the world.

    One can begin to see why Elon Musk is a fan of longtermism, or why leading "new atheist" #Sam #Harris contributed an enthusiastic blurb for MacAskill's book.

    As noted elsewhere, Harris is a staunch defender of "Western civilization," believes that "We are at #war with #Islam," has promoted the #race #science of Charles Murray — including the argument that Black people are less intelligent than white people because of genetic evolution — and has buddied up with #far-#right figures like Douglas Murray, whose books include "The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam."

    It makes sense that such individuals would buy-into the #quasi-#religious worldview of longtermism, according to which the #West is the #pinnacle of human development, the only solution to our problems is more #technology and morality is reduced to a #computational exercise.

    One must #wonder, when MacAskill implicitly asks "What do we owe the future?" #whose #future he's talking about. The future of indigenous peoples? The future of the world's nearly 2 billion Muslims? The future of the Global South? The future of the environment, ecosystems and our fellow living creatures here on Earth? I don't think I need to answer those questions for you.