Systems, Functions and Technological Futures

By R.C. Smith Recently, I explored the idea of a social function operation. It takes from the basic mathematical concept of a function, with its domain and range, and extrapolates, or, in the very least, draws an analogy with social system inputs. In systems theory, a complex society such as the modern version can be …

REIFICATION, TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS, AND POST-CAPITALIST HORIZONS | INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW FEENBERG BY R.C. SMITH

[Originally published by Heathwood Press – 27 November, 2015] R.C. Smith, Andrew Feenberg In this interview I’ll be talking with Andrew Feenberg. Andrew currently holds the Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of Technology in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Having studied philosophy under Herbert Marcuse at the University of California, San Diego, …