Resilient Speculation

Today few terms are more central to policy, planning, or economics then the term “resilience”. From urban planning to stress testing in economic markets, we have come to understand systems as constantly in a state of crisis that needs perpetual management. This talk traces the rise of resilience as a central epistemology and practice in environmental management, urban development, and finance. I will argue that resilience has become the dominant discourse by which time and uncertainty are currently being managed in computation, finance, and design. Moreover, resilience has become a new logic making the planet, and its living populations, computationally measurable and representable, and amenable to new forms of technical manipulation and action. This talk will be a whirlwind tour through the merger of cybernetics, ecology, and finance that are currently reshaping the planet from extraction infrastructures to smart cities.

Episode 51 of the re:publica 18 - Politics & Society podcast, hosted by Orit Halpern, titled "Resilient Speculation" was published on May 2, 2018 and runs 54 minutes.

May 2, 2018 ·54m · re:publica 18 - Politics & Society

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