Richard Barbrook on Imaginary Futures

What could desirable imaginary futures look like? Richard Barbrook brings up some very interesting ideas on this question and explores past and present futures in order to work towards different worlds to come.ShownotesRichard on Monoskop:https://monoskop.org/Richard_BarbrookRichard on Twitter:https://twitter.com/richardbarbrook?lang=deHomepage "Imaginary Futures":http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/Homepage "Class Wargames":https://www.classwargames.net/?tag=richard-barbrookBarbrook, Richard und Andy Cameron. 1995. "The Californian Ideology". In Science as Culture 6(1). 44-72:http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/the-californian-ideology-2/Barbrook, Richard. 2000. "Cyber Communism". In Science as Culture 9(1). 5-40:http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/cyber-communism-how-the-americans-are-superseding-capitalism-in-cyberspace/Homepage Digital Liberties cooperative:https://digitalliberties.org.uk/Homepage "Games for The Many" (who made e.g. CorbynRun):http://gamesforthemany.org/Homepage Technopolitics Research Group:http://www.technopolitics.info/Hanna, Thomas und Joe Bilsborough. 2018. "The ‘Preston Model’ and the modern politics of municipal socialism". In openDemocracy 12(2018):https://www.academia.edu/39696129/The_Preston_Model_and_the_modern_politics_of_municipal_socialism?email_work_card=view-paperWiki on "Austro Marxism":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AustromarxismReport "Alternative Models of Ownership":https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Alternative-Models-of-Ownership.pdfHomepage "The World Transformed" Festival:https://theworldtransformed.org/Newspeak House (group of political technologists):https://www.nwspk.com/Marx, Karl. 2015. Grundrisse. marxists.org:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/grundrisse.pdfWiki about Robert Owen:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_OwenArchive of the American Society for Cybernetics:http://asc-cybernetics.org/online-library/Homepage "Virtual Futures":http://www.virtualfutures.co.uk/Richta, Radovan. 1969. Civilization at the Crossroads. New York: Routledge:https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315177663Phillips, Leigh und Michal Rozworski. 2019. The People’s Republic of Walmart. London: Verso:https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmartMedina, Eden. 2011. Cybernetic Revolutionaries. Cambridge: MIT Press:https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cybernetic-revolutionariesStafford Beer on Monoskop (with short video on Project Cybersyn):https://monoskop.org/Stafford_BeerWiki "Project Cybersyn" (socialist cybernetics in Chile):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_CybersynBastani, Aaron. 2020. Fully Automated Luxury Communism. London: Verso:https://www.versobooks.com/books/2757-fully-automated-luxury-communismHomepage Novara Media (of which Aaron Bastani is a co-founder):https://novaramedia.com/Morozov, Evgeny. 2019. “Digital Socialism". In New Left Review 116/117:https://newleftreview.org/issues/II116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialismCampaign for a 4-Day-Week:https://www.4dayweek.co.uk/German campaign for a 4-Day-Week:https://www.4tagewoche.de/Exhibition "Red Vienna" at the MUSA in Vienna:https://www.wienmuseum.at/en/exhibitions/upcoming/detail/das-rote-wien-1919-1934.htmlKeynes, John Maynard. 1930. “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren”. In Essays in Persuasion. New York: Harcourt Brace. 358-373:https://assets.aspeninstitute.org/content/uploads/files/content/upload/Intro_and_Section_I.pdfWiki Charles Fourier:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_FourierWiki ARPANET:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANETWiki RAND Corporation:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_CorporationWiki "Austrian School of Economics":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_SchoolWiki Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekWiki "Road to Serfdom" by Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_SerfdomThematisch angrenzende Future Histories Episoden:Was ist die Kalifornische Ideologie? Future Histories Kurzvideo:https://youtu.be/LedG4UgG3t8 If you like Future Histories, you can support the show on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me via [email protected] and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureHistoriesPodcast/featuredwww.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#RichardBarbrook, #Interview, #JanGroos, #FutureHistories, #Cybernetics, #Kybernetik, #Podcast, #CalifornianIdeology, #KalifornischeIdeologie, #Hayek, #Monoskop, #AndyCameron, #CyberCommunism, #Communism, #Technopolitics, #Cybersyn, #StaffordBeer, #DigitalSocialism, #EvgenyMorozov, #ImaginaryFutures, #SiliconValley, #Economy, #TheRegulationOfLiberty, #HypermediaResearch, #NetRevolution, #DotComCapitalism, #algorithm, #Algorithmus, #DasRegierenDerAlgorithmen, #AlgorithmischesRegieren