The new paper issue (#189) of @gonzocircus.bsky.social is out now. With my listening session with MC Dälek, a bookreview of Geert Lovink’s latest ‘Platform Brutalism’ and my 2025 end of year list.
#gonzocircus #mcdalek #geertlovink #endofyearlist
Geert Lovink reflects on why DNL matters today and shares insights from his new book Platform Brutality on digital harm extraction and the need for collective resistance.
Watch the segment.
#disruptionnetworklab #platformbrutality #geertlovink
📚 Thu 13 Nov | 17:30 | OT301 – Ventilator Cinema
Free book launch of Platform Brutality by Geert Lovink (Valiz, 2025).
Talks w/ Stefania Milan, video by INC artists, and discussion on art & network cultures.
#PlatformBrutality #OT301 #Amsterdam #GeertLovink
A digital flyer for the Disruption Network Lab conference, Technoviolence displaying the title of a book lauch presentation On Platform Brutality. The flyer has colourful linked chains in the background.
Geert Lovink presents Platform Brutality at #dnl36—diagnosing how platforms moved from distraction to harm.
From doomscrolling to digital feudalism, this keynote examines the psychic cost of life online, and imagines ways out.
🗓️ 19–21 Sept · Berlin
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Geert Lovink – founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures – returns to Berlin for #dnl36. A fierce critic of digital capitalism, he exposes the emotional and political toll of today’s platform society. Author of Platform Brutality, Sad by Design […]
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There are piles of data debris ahead. It is our task to refuse to side with the billionaires and other authoritarian rulers, fight tech- nostalgia and again take up the “task to brush history against the grain.”
By claiming the end, energy is freed up to create new beginnings.« 4/4
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