Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll)

Ferdia O'Driscoll. Social Cybernetician, Upcoming book postcapitalism w @AndersSandstrm. Co-founder

[Zachary Marlow @zacharycmarlow]

Going live at 2est with @BrightAgeBeyond and INDEP to talk about our globetrotting postcapitalist film project Another World is Possible and the new world media collective we are building to tell the story of the regenerative revolution!

Link ⏬️

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

@FromAlpha2Omega https://t.co/gutU7xob0B

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[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

Check out this ep of Auxiliary Statements discussing @histmat conference 2024, namely 2 of 3 INDEP panels + conversation re my presentation on motivation in postcapitalism using SDT. Was a pleasure to meet Dan & Jack in London.

[Auxiliary Statements @AuxStatements]

NEW EPISODE
In which we make a pilgrimage to the 2024 @histmat Conference in London to watch a handful of panels on socialist planning.

Plus ~20 mins at the beginning on the US election.

https://t.co/iPZksDQlPT

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

Will be chatting with @FromAlpha2Omega about postcapitalism at Historical Materialism conf. here in an hour: https://t.co/fGda0MkqJE

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

@zacharycmarlow @mbauwens Me: no. INDEP: it’s not organised by INDEP, but it is listed on our Events page on our website https://t.co/2YFBevSPBR

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

@Larkinite1913 Of course it is correct to say that military effectiveness per se is no proof of socialism. That was not my point. So let me clarify that here.

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

Very weird that Rojava is never mentioned as “actually existing socialism”. But typical for avowedly non-statist projects to be written out of history.

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

@Larkinite1913 I mentioned their defeat of ISIS to highlight the error in lumping Rojava into an amorphous “horizontalist” category, as if they couldn’t organise themselves out of a paper bag. Clearly they can, whether in military terms or political economic.

[Raphael Arar @rarar]

See you soon, London. Looking forward to sharing some thoughts on how a modern tech stack could help advance efforts for economic visioning

[Zachary Marlow @zacharycmarlow]

🗡 URGENT CALL TO ADVENTURE!
Our totally crowdfunded film series Another World is Possible is being summoned to its 7TH CONTINENT to keep storytelling the regen revolution at transformative gatherings in Asia.

FUND STORIES THAT MATTER!
Lore dump below ⬇️

https://t.co/M4FaMe7aI5

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

@Larkinite1913 This is called moving the goalposts. First the point was that Rojava is an example of “horizontalism” and not “serious”. That’s what I responded to. Now the point is that the USSR defeated the Nazis.

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

@Larkinite1913 It sounds like you’re lumping Rojava in with Occupy Wall Street. Are you? Because surely a system of federated communes with complex administration can’t be compared.

Also they successfully defeated ISIS. In what world is that “not serious”?

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

@AcidCommunistAC They have a large cooperative sector and a system of communal planning. Their stated goal is a libertarian socialist society.

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

Looking forward to this presentation by the IDA at Historical Materialism in a couple weeks, on one of three panels we organised on postcapitalism.

[IDA @zeitoekonomie]

On the 8th of November, we will present our concept of “firm-based planning” at this year’s Historical Materialism Conference @histmat in London.

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

@zeitoekonomie @DonalOC91 Thanks. Very much looking forward to your presentation and meeting, lots to discuss. @FromAlpha2Omega also as an organiser

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

Furthermore, many leftists will jump up and down about the anti-imperialist character of China, but have no interest defending in Rojava, even when undergoing genocide from NATO’s Turkey. Very disappointing.

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

@zeitoekonomie Look forward to reading comrades.

[IDA @zeitoekonomie]

How can companies plan in a socialist way - with labor time instead of money? Economist G. Sandleben examines this question in the new IDA brochure and shows how an economy based on labor time could promote transparency, efficiency and social justice. https://t.co/tF9XnVnKyW

[Bright Age Beyond (Ferdia O'Driscoll) @BrightAgeBeyond]

@zacharycmarlow Emperors earned that power by taking the risk and seizing opportunities when they saw them. You’re just jealous.