Accelerationist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A proponent of accelerationism.
"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."
- 1 Relating to accelerationism.
"accelerationist politics"
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More examples"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."
Etymology
From acceleration + -ist.
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