Leslie Stevens: The Outer Limits
12. WHO OWNS THE FUTURE?
To Andreas Weber, a theoretical biologist in Germany, the commons is not simply a matter of public policy or economics. It is an existential condition of life in all its forms, from cellular matter to human beings. “The idea of the commons provides a unifying principle that dissolves the supposed opposition between nature and society/culture,” he writes. “It cancels the separation of the ecological and the social.” According to Weber, the commons provides us with the means to reimagine the universe and our role in it. If we are to truly transform our economic and political systems, Weber argues, then we must also address some unquestioned, deeply embedded premises of those systems. In effect we must reassess the nature of reality itself. (David Bollier: Think like a Commoner, 2014: 147)
FURTHER READING & RESEARCH
James Gleick: Time Travel: A History (2016)
Lisa Randall, Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe (2016)
Jaron Lanier: Who Owns The Future (2013)
Alan Lightman, Einstein’s dreams (1992)
T.J.Demos, Radical Futurisms: Ecologies of Collapse / Chronopolitics / Justice to Come (2016)
Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures (2014)
Alan Lightman, Einstein’s dreams (1992)
Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell (1954)
Jeff Noon, VURT (1993), Pollen (1995), Pixel Juice (1998)
Pat Cadigan, Mindplayers (1987), Synners (1991), Fools (1992), Tea from an Empty Cup (1995)
Jittu Krishnamurti & David Bohm, The Ending of Time (1985)
Svetlana Boym, The Future of Nostalgia (Basic Books, New York 2002)
OTHER RESOURCES
Thoughtmaybe
Topdocumentaryfilms
archive.org
Cinema of the World
libgen.rs
Z-Library
Brain pickings
On Being
BLOGS ON THE COMMONS
On the Commons http://www.onthecommons.org/
The Commoner http://www.commoner.org.uk.
Peer to peer foundation https://blog.p2pfoundation.net
David Bollier Podcasts: http://www.bollier.org/podcasts